sîsîp

Plains Cree

Sîsîp.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ši∙ʔši∙pa. Cognates include Montagnais shiship, Ojibwe zhiishiib.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siːˈsiːp]
• Hyphenation: sî‧sîp

Noun

sîsîp anim (plural sîsîpak, diminutive sîsîpisis, Syllabics ᓰᓰᑊ)

1. duck

Declension

Possessive inflection of sîsîp (stem: -sîsîp-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		sîsîp	sîsîpak
Singular	First person	nisîsîp	nisîsîpak
	Second person	kisîsîp	kisîsîpak
	Third person	osîsîpa	osîsîpa
	Obviative	osîsîpiyiwa	osîsîpiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nisîsîpinân	nisîsîpinânak
	First person (incl.)	kisîsîpinaw	kisîsîpinawak
	Second person	kisîsîpiwâw	kisîsîpiwâwak
	Third person	osîsîpiwâwa	osîsîpiwâwa
	Obviative	osîsîpiyiwa	osîsîpiyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 28
• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 430
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 321