ocêk
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *wečye·kwa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʊˈt͡seːk]
- Hyphenation: o‧cêk
Noun
ocêk anim (plural ocêkwak, Syllabics ᐅᒉᐠ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | ocêk | ocêkwak | ||
| Singular | First person | nicocêk | nicocêkwak | |
| Second person | kicocêk | kicocêkwak | ||
| Third person | ococêkwa | ococêkwa | ||
| Obviative | ococêkiyiwa | ococêkiyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nicocêkinân | nicocêkinânak |
| incl. | kicocêkinaw | kicocêkinawak | ||
| Second person | kicocêkiwâw | kicocêkiwâwak | ||
| Third person | ococêkiwâwa | ococêkiwâwa | ||
| Obviative | ococêkiyiwa | ococêkiyiwa | ||
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 436