minôs

Plains Cree

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɪˈnoːs]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nôs

Noun

minôs anim (plural minôsak, diminutive minôsis, Syllabics ᒥᓅᐢ)

  1. cat

Declension

Possessive inflection of minôs (stem: -minôs-)
singular plural
Indefinite minôs minôsak
Singular First person niminôs niminôsak
Second person kiminôs kiminôsak
Third person ominôsa ominôsa
Obviative ominôsiyiwa ominôsiyiwa
Plural First person excl. niminôsinân niminôsinânak
incl. kiminôsinaw kiminôsinawak
Second person kiminôsiwâw kiminôsiwâwak
Third person ominôsiwâwa ominôsiwâwa
Obviative ominôsiyiwa ominôsiyiwa

References

  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains‎[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 314
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