kinêpik
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *kene·pikwa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɪ.neːˌpɪk]
- Hyphenation: ki‧nê‧pik
Noun
kinêpik anim (plural kinêpikwak, Syllabics ᑭᓀᐱᐠ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | kinêpik | kinêpikwak | ||
| Singular | First person | nikinêpik | nikinêpikwak | |
| Second person | kikinêpik | kikinêpikwak | ||
| Third person | okinêpikwa | okinêpikwa | ||
| Obviative | okinêpikiyiwa | okinêpikiyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nikinêpikinân | nikinêpikinânak |
| incl. | kikinêpikinaw | kikinêpikinawak | ||
| Second person | kikinêpikiwâw | kikinêpikiwâwak | ||
| Third person | okinêpikiwâwa | okinêpikiwâwa | ||
| Obviative | okinêpikiyiwa | okinêpikiyiwa | ||
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 311