pâskisikan
Plains Cree
Etymology
From pâskisaw (“to shoot”) + -ikan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɑːsˈkɪ.sɪkˌkʌn]
- Hyphenation: pâs‧ki‧si‧kan
Noun
pâskisikan inan (plural pâskisikana, Syllabics ᐹᐢᑭᓯᑲᐣ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | pâskisikan | pâskisikana | ||
| Singular | First person | nipâskisikan | nipâskisikana | |
| Second person | kipâskisikan | kipâskisikana | ||
| Third person | opâskisikan | opâskisikana | ||
| Obviative | opâskisikaniyiw | opâskisikaniyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nipâskisikaninân | nipâskisikaninâna |
| incl. | kipâskisikaninaw | kipâskisikaninawa | ||
| Second person | kipâskisikaniwâw | kipâskisikaniwâwa | ||
| Third person | opâskisikaniwâw | opâskisikaniwâwa | ||
| Obviative | opâskisikaniyiw | opâskisikaniyiwa | ||
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 437
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 319