asikan

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ašikana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʌ.sɪkˌkʌn]
  • Hyphenation: a‧si‧kan

Noun

asikan anim (plural asikanak, diminutive asikanis, Syllabics ᐊᓯᑲᐣ)

  1. sock

Inflection

Possessive inflection of asikan (stem: -asikan-)
singular plural
Indefinite asikan asikanak
Singular First person nitasikan nitasikanak
Second person kitasikan kitasikanak
Third person otasikana otasikana
Obviative otasikaniyiwa otasikaniyiwa
Plural First person excl. nitasikaninân nitasikaninânak
incl. kitasikaninaw kitasikaninawak
Second person kitasikaniwâw kitasikaniwâwak
Third person otasikaniwâwa otasikaniwâwa
Obviative otasikaniyiwa otasikaniyiwa

References

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