askipwâwi

Plains Cree

Etymology

From askiy (“earth”) +‎ wâwi (“egg”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌsˈkɪ.pʷɑːˌwɪ]
  • Hyphenation: as‧kip‧wâ‧wi

Noun

askipwâwi inan (plural askipwâwa, locative askipwâwihk, diminutive askipwâwis, Syllabics ᐊᐢᑭᑇᐏ)

  1. potato

Declension

Possessive inflection of askipwâwi (stem: -askipwâw-)
singular plural
Indefinite askipwâwi askipwâwa
Singular First person nitaskipwâwim nitaskipwâwima
Second person kitaskipwâwim kitaskipwâwima
Third person otaskipwâwim otaskipwâwima
Obviative otaskipwâwimiyiw otaskipwâwimiyiwa
Plural First person excl. nitaskipwâwiminân nitaskipwâwiminâna
incl. kitaskipwâwiminaw kitaskipwâwiminawa
Second person kitaskipwâwimiwâw kitaskipwâwimiwâwa
Third person otaskipwâwimiwâw otaskipwâwimiwâwa
Obviative otaskipwâwimiyiw otaskipwâwimiyiwa

References

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