miskât

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *meska·ti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɪsˈkɑːt]
  • Hyphenation: mis‧kât

Noun

miskât inan (plural miskâta, Syllabics ᒥᐢᑳᐟ)

  1. leg

Declension

Possessive inflection of miskât (stem: -skât-)
singular plural
Indefinite miskât miskâta
Singular First person niskât niskâta
Second person kiskât kiskâta
Third person oskât oskâta
Obviative oskâtiyiw oskâtiyiwa
Plural First person excl. niskâtinân niskâtinâna
incl. kiskâtinaw kiskâtinawa
Second person kiskâtiwâw kiskâtiwâwa
Third person oskâtiwâw oskâtiwâwa
Obviative oskâtiyiw oskâtiyiwa

References

  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 314