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Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *wespwa·kana.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: os‧pwâ‧kan
Noun
ospwâkan anim (plural ospwâkanak, augmentative misospwâkan, Syllabics ᐅᐢᑇᑲᐣ)
- pipe
References
- H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 22
- H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 398
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 318