askiy

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *askyi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌsˈkij]
  • Hyphenation: as‧kiy

Noun

askiy inan (plural askiya, Syllabics ᐊᐢᑭᕀ)

  1. earth
  2. land, country

Declension

Possessive inflection of askiy (stem: -askiy-)
singular plural
Indefinite askiy askiya
Singular First person nitaskiy nitaskiya
Second person kitaskiy kitaskiya
Third person otaskiy otaskiya
Obviative otaskîyiw otaskîyiwa
Plural First person excl. nitaskînân nitaskînâna
incl. kitaskînaw kitaskînawa
Second person kitaskîwâw kitaskîwâwa
Third person otaskîwâw otaskîwâwa
Obviative otaskîyiw otaskîyiwa

Derived terms

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 436
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains‎[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307
  • “askiy”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary‎[2], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019
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