acimosis

Plains Cree

Etymology

From atim (dog) +‎ -sis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌˈt͡sɪ.mʊˌsɪs]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ci‧mo‧sis

Noun

acimosis anim (plural acimosisak, Syllabics ᐊᒋᒧᓯᐢ)

  1. diminutive of atim (dog): puppy

Declension

Possessive inflection of acimosis (stem: -acimosis-)
singular plural
Indefinite acimosis acimosisak
Singular First person nicacimosisim nicacimosisimak
Second person kicacimosisim kicacimosisimak
Third person ocacimosisima ocacimosisima
Obviative ocacimosisimiyiwa ocacimosisimiyiwa
Plural First person excl. nicacimosisiminân nicacimosisiminânak
incl. kicacimosisiminaw kicacimosisiminawak
Second person kicacimosisimiwâw kicacimosisimiwâwak
Third person ocacimosisimiwâwa ocacimosisimiwâwa
Obviative ocacimosisimiyiwa ocacimosisimiyiwa

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 436
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307
  • “acimosis”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary[2], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019