ospwâkan

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wespwa·kana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʊs.pʷɑːˌkʌn]
Hyphenation: os‧pwâ‧kan

Noun

ospwâkan anim (plural ospwâkanak, augmentative misospwâkan, Syllabics ᐅᐢᑇᑲᐣ)

pipe

References

H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 22
H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 398
Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 318

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