asikan

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ašikana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʌ.sɪkˌkʌn]
• Hyphenation: a‧si‧kan

Noun

asikan anim (plural asikanak, Syllabics ᐊᓯᑲᐣ)

1. sock

Inflection

Possessive inflection of asikan (stem: -asikan-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		asikan	asikanak
Singular	First person	nitasikan	nitasikanak
	Second person	kitasikan	kitasikanak
	Third person	otasikana	otasikana
	Obviative	otasikaniyiwa	otasikaniyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitasikaninân	nitasikaninânak
	First person (incl.)	kitasikaninaw	kitasikaninawak
	Second person	kitasikaniwâw	kitasikaniwâwak
	Third person	otasikaniwâwa	otasikaniwâwa
	Obviative	otasikaniyiwa	otasikaniyiwa

References

• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307