nêhiyawêwin

Plains Cree

Etymology

From nêhiyawê (“to speak in Cree”) +‎ -win.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˌneː.hɪˈjʌ.weːˌwɪn]
Hyphenation: nê‧hi‧ya‧wê‧win

Noun

nêhiyawêwin inan (no plural, Syllabics ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ)

Cree (language)

Declension

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References

H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 23
H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 399
Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316

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