pâskisikan

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Plains Cree

Etymology

From pâskisaw (“to shoot”) +‎ -ikan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pâs‧ki‧si‧kan

Noun

pâskisikan inan (plural pâskisikana, Syllabics ᐹᐢᑭᓯᑲᐣ)

  1. gun

Declension

Possessive inflection of pâskisikan (stem: -pâskisikan-)
singular plural
Indefinite pâskisikan pâskisikana
Singular First person nipâskisikan nipâskisikana
Second person kipâskisikan kipâskisikana
Third person opâskisikan opâskisikana
Obviative opâskisikaniyiw opâskisikaniyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nipâskisikaninân nipâskisikaninâna
First person (incl.) kipâskisikaninaw kipâskisikaninawa
Second person kipâskisikaniwâw kipâskisikaniwâwa
Third person opâskisikaniwâw opâskisikaniwâwa
Obviative opâskisikaniyiw opâskisikaniyiwa

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 437
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 319
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