môhkomân

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·hkoma·ni.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmoːh.kʊˌmɑːn]
  • Hyphenation: mô‧hko‧mân

Noun

môhkomân inan (plural môhkomâna, augmentative misimôhkomân or mistihkomân, Syllabics ᒨᐦᑯᒫᐣ)

  1. knife

Declension
Possessive inflection of môhkomân (stem: -môhkomân-)
singular plural
Indefinite môhkomân môhkomâna
Singular First person nimôhkomân nimôhkomâna
Second person kimôhkomân kimôhkomâna
Third person omôhkomân omôhkomâna
Obviative omôhkomâniyiw omôhkomâniyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nimôhkomâninân nimôhkomâninâna
First person (incl.) kimôhkomâninaw kimôhkomâninawa
Second person kimôhkomâniwâw kimôhkomâniwâwa
Third person omôhkomâniwâw omôhkomâniwâwa
Obviative omôhkomâniyiw omôhkomâniyiwa

References
  • H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 315
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