mitôn

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *meto·ni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɪˈtoːn]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧tôn

Noun

mitôn inan (plural mitôna, augmentative mahkitôn, Syllabics ᒥᑑᐣ)

  1. mouth

Declension

Possessive inflection of mitôn (stem: -tôn-)
singular plural
Indefinite mitôn mitôna
Singular First person nitôn nitôna
Second person kitôn kitôna
Third person otôn otôna
Obviative otôniyiw otôniyiwa
Plural First person excl. nitôninân nitôninâna
incl. kitôninaw kitôninawa
Second person kitôniwâw kitôniwâwa
Third person otôniwâw otôniwâwa
Obviative otôniyiw otôniyiwa

References

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