asâm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "asam"
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *a·kema.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʌˈsɑːm]
- Hyphenation: a‧sâm
Noun
asâm anim (plural asâmak, diminutive asâmis, Syllabics ᐊᓵᒼ)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | asâm | asâmak | ||
| Singular | First person | nitasâm | nitasâmak | |
| Second person | kitasâm | kitasâmak | ||
| Third person | otasâma | otasâma | ||
| Obviative | otasâmiyiwa | otasâmiyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nitasâminân | nitasâminânak |
| incl. | kitasâminaw | kitasâminawak | ||
| Second person | kitasâmiwâw | kitasâmiwâwak | ||
| Third person | otasâmiwâwa | otasâmiwâwa | ||
| Obviative | otasâmiyiwa | otasâmiyiwa | ||
References
- H. C. Wolfart (1973), “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 22
- 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
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307
- “asâm”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary[2], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019