nikik

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɪkˈkɪk]

Noun

nikik anim (plural nikikwak, Syllabics ᓂᑭᐠ)

  1. otter

Declension

Possessive inflection of nikik (stem: -nikikw-)
singular plural
Indefinite nikik nikikwak
Singular First person ninikik ninikikwak
Second person kinikik kinikikwak
Third person onikikwa onikikwa
Obviative onikikiyiwa onikikiyiwa
Plural First person excl. ninikikinân ninikikinânak
incl. kinikikinaw kinikikinawak
Second person kinikikiwâw kinikikiwâwak
Third person onikikiwâwa onikikiwâwa
Obviative onikikiyiwa onikikiyiwa

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 316
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