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Plains Cree
Etymology
From nêhiyawê (“to speak in Cree”) + -win.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: nê‧hi‧ya‧wê‧win
Noun
nêhiyawêwin inan (no plural, Syllabics ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ)
- Cree (language)
Declension
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References
- H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 23
- H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 399
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316