astis

See also: -astis

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *aʔtehsi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌsˈtɪs]
  • Hyphenation: as‧tis

Noun

astis anim (plural astisak, locative astisihk, diminutive ascisis, Syllabics ᐊᐢᑎᐢ)

  1. mitten, glove

Declension

Possessive inflection of astis (stem: -astis-)
singular plural
Indefinite astis astisak
Singular First person nitastis nitastisak
Second person kitastis kitastisak
Third person otastisa otastisa
Obviative otastisiyiwa otastisiyiwa
Plural First person excl. nitastisinân nitastisinânak
incl. kitastisinaw kitastisinawak
Second person kitastisiwâw kitastisiwâwak
Third person otastisiwâwa otastisiwâwa
Obviative otastisiyiwa otastisiyiwa

References

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