pahkwêsikan
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʌhˈkʷeː.sɪkˌkʌn]
- Hyphenation: pahk‧wê‧si‧kan
Noun
pahkwêsikan anim (plural pahkwêsikanak, diminutive pahkwêsikanis, Syllabics ᐸᐦᑵᓯᑲᐣ)
- bannock (fried bread)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | pahkwêsikan | pahkwêsikanak | ||
| Singular | First person | nipahkwêsikanim | nipahkwêsikanimak | |
| Second person | kipahkwêsikanim | kipahkwêsikanimak | ||
| Third person | opahkwêsikanima | opahkwêsikanima | ||
| Obviative | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nipahkwêsikaniminân | nipahkwêsikaniminânak |
| incl. | kipahkwêsikaniminaw | kipahkwêsikaniminawak | ||
| Second person | kipahkwêsikanimiwâw | kipahkwêsikanimiwâwak | ||
| Third person | opahkwêsikanimiwâwa | opahkwêsikanimiwâwa | ||
| Obviative | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | ||
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 435
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 318