nikik
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Plains Cree
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnikik anim (plural nikikwak, Syllabics ᓂᑭᐠ)
Declension
editPossessive inflection of nikik (stem: -nikikw-)
singular | plural | ||
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Indefinite | nikik | nikikwak | |
Singular | First person | ninikik | ninikikwak |
Second person | kinikik | kinikikwak | |
Third person | onikikwa | onikikwa | |
Obviative | onikikiyiwa | onikikiyiwa | |
Plural | First person (excl.) | ninikikinân | ninikikinânak |
First person (incl.) | kinikikinaw | kinikikinawak | |
Second person | kinikikiwâw | kinikikiwâwak | |
Third person | onikikiwâwa | onikikiwâwa | |
Obviative | onikikiyiwa | onikikiyiwa |
References
edit- 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[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316