pâskisikan
Plains Cree
Etymology
From pâskisaw (“to shoot”) + -ikan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɑːsˈkɪ.sɪkˌkʌn]
- Hyphenation: pâs‧ki‧si‧kan
Declension
Possessive inflection of pâskisikan (stem: -pâskisikan-)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | pâskisikan | pâskisikana | |
| Singular | First person | nipâskisikan | nipâskisikana |
| Second person | kipâskisikan | kipâskisikana | |
| Third person | opâskisikan | opâskisikana | |
| Obviative | opâskisikaniyiw | opâskisikaniyiwa | |
| Plural | First person (excl.) | nipâskisikaninân | nipâskisikaninâna |
| First person (incl.) | kipâskisikaninaw | kipâskisikaninawa | |
| Second person | kipâskisikaniwâw | kipâskisikaniwâwa | |
| Third person | opâskisikaniwâw | opâskisikaniwâwa | |
| Obviative | opâskisikaniyiw | opâskisikaniyiwa | |
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 319
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