môswa

Plains Cree

Môswa.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːˈsʷʌ]
• Hyphenation: môs‧wa

Noun

môswa anim (plural môswak, augmentative misimôswa or mistimôswa, Syllabics ᒨᔁ)

1. moose

Declension

Possessive inflection of môswa (stem: -môsw-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		môswa	môswak
Singular	First person	nimôsw	nimôswak
	Second person	kimôsw	kimôswak
	Third person	omôswa	omôswa
	Obviative	omôswiyiwa	omôswiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nimôswinân	nimôswinânak
	First person (incl.)	kimôswinaw	kimôswinawak
	Second person	kimôswiwâw	kimôswiwâwak
	Third person	omôswiwâwa	omôswiwâwa
	Obviative	omôswiyiwa	omôswiyiwa

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 437
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 315