amiskwaciy-wâskahikan
Plains Cree
Alternative forms
- amiskwaciwâskahikan, ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒋᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ
The possible combinations are made: with or without "pointed vowels", with or without a connecting -o- between amisk and wâciy, with or without a space or dash between wâciy and wâskahikan.
Etymology
From amiskwâciy (“Beaver Hills”) + wâskahikan (“house [fur trade post]”) or "at the Beaver Hills House", in turn from amisk (“beaver”) + wâciy (“hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʌˌmɪs.kʷʌˌt͡si.jʷɑːsˈkʌ.hɪkˌkʌn]
- Hyphenation: a‧mis‧kwa‧ciy-wâs‧ka‧hi‧kan
Proper noun
amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (no plural, locative amiskwaciy-wâskahikanihk, Syllabics ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒋᐩ ᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)
- Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | amiskwaciy-wâskahikan | — | ||
| Singular | First person | nitamiskwaciy-wâskahikan | — | |
| Second person | kitamiskwaciy-wâskahikan | — | ||
| Third person | otamiskwaciy-wâskahikan | — | ||
| Obviative | otamiskwaciy-wâskahikaniyiw | — | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nitamiskwaciy-wâskahikaninân | — |
| incl. | kitamiskwaciy-wâskahikaninaw | — | ||
| Second person | kitamiskwaciy-wâskahikaniwâw | — | ||
| Third person | otamiskwaciy-wâskahikaniwâw | — | ||
| Obviative | otamiskwaciy-wâskahikaniyiw | — | ||
References
- “amiskwaciy-wâskahikan”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary[1], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019