anikwacâs

Plains Cree

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌˈnɪ.kʷʌˌt͡sɑːs]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧kwa‧câs

Noun

anikwacâs anim (plural anikwacâsak, Syllabics ᐊᓂᐠᐘᒑᐢ)

  1. squirrel

Inflection

Possessive inflection of anikwacâs (stem: -anikwacâs-)
singular plural
Indefinite anikwacâs anikwacâsak
Singular First person nitanikwacâsim nitanikwacâsimak
Second person kitanikwacâsim kitanikwacâsimak
Third person otanikwacâsima otanikwacâsima
Obviative otanikwacâsimiyiwa otanikwacâsimiyiwa
Plural First person excl. nitanikwacâsiminân nitanikwacâsiminânak
incl. kitanikwacâsiminaw kitanikwacâsiminawak
Second person kitanikwacâsimiwâw kitanikwacâsimiwâwak
Third person otanikwacâsimiwâwa otanikwacâsimiwâwa
Obviative otanikwacâsimiyiwa otanikwacâsimiyiwa

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 438
  • “anikwacâs”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary[1], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019