mistikwân

Plains Cree

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪs.tɪˌkʷɑːn]
• Hyphenation: mis‧ti‧kwân

Noun

mistikwân inan (plural mistikwâna, diminutive miscikwânis, Syllabics ᒥᐢᑎᒁᐣ)

1. head
2. mind

Declension

Possessive inflection of mistikwân (stem: -stikwân-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		mistikwân	mistikwâna
Singular	First person	nistikwân	nistikwâna
	Second person	kistikwân	kistikwâna
	Third person	ostikwân	ostikwâna
	Obviative	ostikwâniyiw	ostikwâniyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nistikwâninân	nistikwâninâna
	First person (incl.)	kistikwâninaw	kistikwâninawa
	Second person	kistikwâniwâw	kistikwâniwâwa
	Third person	ostikwâniwâw	ostikwâniwâwa
	Obviative	ostikwâniyiw	ostikwâniyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 15
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 314