asinîwaciy
Plains Cree
Etymology
From asiniy (“stone”) + waciy (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌʌ.sɪˈniː.wʌˌt͡sij]
- Hyphenation: a‧si‧nî‧wa‧ciy
Noun
asinîwaciy inan (plural asinîwaciya, locative asinîwacîhk, diminutive asinîwacîs, Syllabics ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | asinîwaciy | asinîwaciya | ||
| Singular | First person | nitasinîwaciy | nitasinîwaciya | |
| Second person | kitasinîwaciy | kitasinîwaciya | ||
| Third person | otasinîwaciy | otasinîwaciya | ||
| Obviative | otasinîwacîyiw | otasinîwacîyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nitasinîwacînân | nitasinîwacînâna |
| incl. | kitasinîwacînaw | kitasinîwacînawa | ||
| Second person | kitasinîwacîwâw | kitasinîwacîwâwa | ||
| Third person | otasinîwacîwâw | otasinîwacîwâwa | ||
| Obviative | otasinîwacîyiw | otasinîwacîyiwa | ||
Proper noun
asinîwaciy (no plural, locative asinîwacîhk, Syllabics ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ)
- the Rocky Mountains
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | asinîwaciy | — | ||
| Singular | First person | nitasinîwaciy | — | |
| Second person | kitasinîwaciy | — | ||
| Third person | otasinîwaciy | — | ||
| Obviative | otasinîwacîyiw | — | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nitasinîwacînân | — |
| incl. | kitasinîwacînaw | — | ||
| Second person | kitasinîwacîwâw | — | ||
| Third person | otasinîwacîwâw | — | ||
| Obviative | otasinîwacîyiw | — | ||
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 437
- “asinîwaciy”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary[1], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019