nêhiyawêwin

Plains Cree

Etymology

From nêhiyawê (“to speak in Cree”) +‎ -win.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌneː.hɪˈjʌ.weːˌwɪn]
• Hyphenation: nê‧hi‧ya‧wê‧win

Noun

nêhiyawêwin inan (no plural, Syllabics ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ)

1. Cree (language)

Declension

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References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 23
• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 399
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316