sâkahikan
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *sa·kahikani.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɑːˈkʌ.hɪkˌkʌn]
- Hyphenation: sâ‧ka‧hi‧kan
Noun
sâkahikan inan (plural sâkahikana, locative sâkahikanihk, Syllabics ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | sâkahikan | sâkahikana | ||
| Singular | First person | nisâkahikan | nisâkahikana | |
| Second person | kisâkahikan | kisâkahikana | ||
| Third person | osâkahikan | osâkahikana | ||
| Obviative | osâkahikaniyiw | osâkahikaniyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nisâkahikaninân | nisâkahikaninâna |
| incl. | kisâkahikaninaw | kisâkahikaninawa | ||
| Second person | kisâkahikaniwâw | kisâkahikaniwâwa | ||
| Third person | osâkahikaniwâw | osâkahikaniwâwa | ||
| Obviative | osâkahikaniyiw | osâkahikaniyiwa | ||
References
- H. C. Wolfart (1996), “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 437
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 320