askihk

Plains Cree

Askihk.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *askehkwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌsˈkɪʰk]
• Hyphenation: as‧kihk

Noun

askihk anim (plural askihkwak, Syllabics ᐊᐢᑭᕁ)

1. bucket, kettle

Inflection

Possessive inflection of askihk (stem: -askihkw-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		askihk	askihkwak
Singular	First person	nitaskihkom	nitaskihkomak
	Second person	kitaskihkom	kitaskihkomak
	Third person	otaskihkoma	otaskihkoma
	Obviative	otaskihkomiyiwa	otaskihkomiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitaskihkominân	nitaskihkominânak
	First person (incl.)	kitaskihkominaw	kitaskihkominawak
	Second person	kitaskihkomiwâw	kitaskihkomiwâwak
	Third person	otaskihkomiwâwa	otaskihkomiwâwa
	Obviative	otaskihkomiyiwa	otaskihkomiyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 22
• 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^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307