masinahikan

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mesenahikani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌmʌ.sɪˈnʌ.hɪkˌkʌn]
• Hyphenation: ma‧si‧na‧hi‧kan

Noun

masinahikan inan (plural masinahikana, Syllabics ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ)

1. paper
2. letter, book

Declension

Possessive inflection of masinahikan (stem: -masinahikan-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		masinahikan	masinahikana
Singular	First person	nimasinahikan	nimasinahikana
	Second person	kimasinahikan	kimasinahikana
	Third person	omasinahikan	omasinahikana
	Obviative	omasinahikaniyiw	omasinahikaniyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nimasinahikaninân	nimasinahikaninâna
	First person (incl.)	kimasinahikaninaw	kimasinahikaninawa
	Second person	kimasinahikaniwâw	kimasinahikaniwâwa
	Third person	omasinahikaniwâw	omasinahikaniwâwa
	Obviative	omasinahikaniyiw	omasinahikaniyiwa

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 313