asiskiy

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ašiškiwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʌ.sɪsˌkij]
• Hyphenation: a‧sis‧kiy

Noun

asiskiy inan (plural asiskiya, Syllabics ᐊᓯᐢᑭᕀ)

1. soil

Declension

Possessive inflection of asiskiy (stem: -asiskiy-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		asiskiy	asiskiya
Singular	First person	nitasiskiy	nitasiskiya
	Second person	kitasiskiy	kitasiskiya
	Third person	otasiskiy	otasiskiya
	Obviative	otasiskiyiyiw	otasiskiyiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitasiskiyinân	nitasiskiyinâna
	First person (incl.)	kitasiskiyinaw	kitasiskiyinawa
	Second person	kitasiskiyiwâw	kitasiskiyiwâwa
	Third person	otasiskiyiwâw	otasiskiyiwâwa
	Obviative	otasiskiyiyiw	otasiskiyiyiwa

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 438
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307