pahkwêsikan

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Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pahk‧wê‧si‧kan

Noun

pahkwêsikan anim (plural pahkwêsikanak, diminutive pahkwêsikanis, Syllabics ᐸᐦᑵᓯᑲᐣ)

  1. bannock (fried bread)

Inflection

Possessive inflection of pahkwêsikan (stem: -pahkwêsikan-)
singular plural
Indefinite pahkwêsikan pahkwêsikanak
Singular First person nipahkwêsikanim nipahkwêsikanimak
Second person kipahkwêsikanim kipahkwêsikanimak
Third person opahkwêsikanima opahkwêsikanima
Obviative opahkwêsikanimiyiwa opahkwêsikanimiyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nipahkwêsikaniminân nipahkwêsikaniminânak
First person (incl.) kipahkwêsikaniminaw kipahkwêsikaniminawak
Second person kipahkwêsikanimiwâw kipahkwêsikanimiwâwak
Third person opahkwêsikanimiwâwa opahkwêsikanimiwâwa
Obviative opahkwêsikanimiyiwa opahkwêsikanimiyiwa

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 435
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 318
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