maskisin

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Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mas‧ki‧sin

Noun

maskisin inan (plural maskisina, locative maskisinihk, diminutive maskisinis, Syllabics ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ)

  1. moccasin, shoe

Inflection

Possessive inflection of maskisin (stem: -maskisin-)
singular plural
Indefinite maskisin maskisina
Singular First person nimaskisin nimaskisina
Second person kimaskisin kimaskisina
Third person omaskisin omaskisina
Obviative omaskisiniyiw omaskisiniyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nimaskisininân nimaskisininâna
First person (incl.) kimaskisininaw kimaskisininawa
Second person kimaskisiniwâw kimaskisiniwâwa
Third person omaskisiniwâw omaskisiniwâwa
Obviative omaskisiniyiw omaskisiniyiwa

References

  • H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 438
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313
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