maskisin
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmʌs.kɪˌsɪn]
- Hyphenation: mas‧ki‧sin
Noun
maskisin inan (plural maskisina, locative maskisinihk, diminutive maskisinis, Syllabics ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | maskisin | maskisina | ||
| Singular | First person | nimaskisin | nimaskisina | |
| Second person | kimaskisin | kimaskisina | ||
| Third person | omaskisin | omaskisina | ||
| Obviative | omaskisiniyiw | omaskisiniyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nimaskisininân | nimaskisininâna |
| incl. | kimaskisininaw | kimaskisininawa | ||
| Second person | kimaskisiniwâw | kimaskisiniwâwa | ||
| Third person | omaskisiniwâw | omaskisiniwâwa | ||
| Obviative | omaskisiniyiw | omaskisiniyiwa | ||
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 438
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313