itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

maskawisîw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. it is the high card, it takes the trick (in playing cards) CW
wawiyasihiwêwin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. practical joke, trick CW
wîsahkêcâhk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. Wisahkecahk CW
2. Cree culture hero, legendary figure CW
3. A legendary superhuman figure who pulled tricks on people and animals. MD
4. Another name for Santa Claus. MD
5. the Cree culture hero and the object of many legends and tales AECD
wayêsihiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he deceives people, s/he tricks people CW
2. s/he takes advantage of people, s/he is a con artist CW
3. s/he cheats on people, s/he betrays people CW
wawiyasihitowak

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they trick one another, they make one another laughing stocks CW
kîkway

PR
1. something, thing CW
2. [in negative phrases:] anything, any CW
wayêsimiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he tricks people, s/he deceives people by speech CW
wawiyasimiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he convinces people CW
2. s/he tricks people CW
wayêsihkwastimiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he deceives people in their sleep, s/he tricks people in their sleep CW
wawiyatisihkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he plays funny tricks on people, s/he makes fun, s/he causes merriment, s/he brings about retribution through practical joking CW
2. s/he is playing tricks on others AECD
wayêsihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he deceives s.o., s/he tricks s.o. CW
2. s/he takes advantage of s.o. CW
3. s/he cheats on s.o., s/he betrays s.o. CW
4. s/he cheats on her/him AECD
5. s/he betrays her/him AECD
wayêsimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he tricks s.o., s/he deceives s.o. by speech CW
2. s/he bribes s.o. CW MD
3. s/he cheats on her/him with a lie AECD
wayêsihkwastimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he deceives s.o. in their sleep, s/he tricks s.o. in their sleep CW
wayêsihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he tricks s.t., s/he deceives s.t. by speech CW
pahkacimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he tricks s.o. into doing something, s/he tricks s.o. into a commitment CW
2. s/he breaks a promise to s.o. CW MD
wawiyasimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he convinces s.o., s/he scores against s.o. verbally CW
2. s/he tricks s.o. CW
3. what s/he said to her/him was deserved AECD
wawiyasihiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he tricks people, s/he makes people laughing stocks CW
kîmôc
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. secretly, in secret, stealthily, slyly, by stealth CW
2. privately, in private CW
3. Secretly. MD
4. Slyly. MD
wawiyasihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he tricks s.o., s/he makes s.o. a laughing stock, s/he gives s.o. what they deserve, s/he gets even with s.o. CW
2. what s/he did to her/him was deserved AECD
kîskîskwêhkân

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. fool CW
2. mentally sick person CW
kîmisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is devious, s/he is sneaky CW
nôcihcikâkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he traps with something, s/he uses something to trap CW
wayêsihiwêwi-

IPN like: amisko-
1. deceptive, crafty CW
wanitonâmow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he says the wrong thing, s/he makes an error in speaking, s/he commits a slip of the tongue CW
2. He says the wrong thing by mistake. MD
cîsihiwêskiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a deceiver, s/he habitually deceives people, s/he cheats people all the time CW
2. He is a deceiver. MD
3. He is always deceiving people. MD
yipwâhkâmakan

VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is clever CW
2. it is inventive CW
yipwâhkâw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is clever CW
2. s/he is inventive CW
3. s/he is wise CW
nahîw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good (at something), s/he is adept at something (e.g. sports) CW
2. s/he is often right on the mark CW
3. s/he is competent CW
4. s/he is an expert CW
5. He is hard to beat in competition. MD
6. He is very good at it. MD
7. s/he is skillful or adept at sports. Var. nakaciw AECD
pistahcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he bites things by mistake, s/he accidentally bites things CW
pimici-wêpinam

V
1. He throws it aside. MD
2. He uses it as an excuse, either to evade a question or to make a point. MD
nâciwanihikanêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he goes for his/her own trap, s/he checks traps, s/he goes for game from traps CW
kîkwâs

PR 📖
1. something, thing CW
2. something little, a bit of something CW
3. inconsequential thing CW
4. [in negative clauses:] anything, any CW
cîsihcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he misleads things, s/he deceives things, s/he fools things CW
2. s/he deceives everyone by pretending to be someone else AECD
miyâhkasikâkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he smudges with something, s/he censes with something, s/he uses something as incense CW
2. s/he uses something as a scented lure (e.g. in trapping) CW
mîcimîhkâcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he uses something as bait CW
wanitôtamowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. transgression, misdeed CW
2. mistake CW
3. the act of doing the wrong thing, or a mistake AECD
4. a wicked doing or action, i.e.: a misdeed AECD
kakêpâci-ayihtiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he acts foolishly, s/he does things in a stupid way CW
2. s/he does crazy things CW
3. s/he does things in a stupid way AECD
nâtwâhikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he splits things by tool, s/he chops things off something CW
2. s/he breaks things in two (with something heavy) CW
3. s/he breaks things apart with something heavy AECD
yâyiskipicikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he pulls things out of something, s/he pulls things out of traps CW
cîsihiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he misleads people, s/he deceives people, s/he cheats people, s/he fools people CW
2. s/he deceives someone by pretending to be someone else AECD
têpiyâhk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. the only thing CW
2. the most (of any) CW
3. at least, at any rate, as long as CW
4. only if CW
5. just, just so, just barely CW
6. simply, merely CW
7. [in negative phrases:] all but, barely not, just short of CW
8. Just MD
9. Just so. MD
cêpiyâhk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. the only thing CW
2. the most (of any) CW
3. at least, at any rate, as long as CW
4. only if CW
5. just, just so, just barely CW
6. simply, merely CW
7. [in negative phrases:] all but, barely not, just short of CW
kîkway piko

IPH like: êkosi pitamâ
1. the only thing is CW
poyakahikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he peels things with a tool (e.g. axe) CW
kakayêyisisiw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he cheats a bit, s/he is rather deceitful CW
2. s/he is a young deceiver CW
kakêpâci-ayâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is foolish, s/he is a fool CW
2. s/he is crazy CW
iyinîsisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is quite clever, s/he is quite smart CW
2. s/he is intelligent (as a child) CW
3. s/he is wise (as a child) CW
wayêsihiwêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. deception, deceiving people, taking advantage of people, con artistry, deceit, craft, dishonesty CW
2. betrayal CW
kayêyisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he cheats, s/he is sly CW
2. s/he is crafty, s/he is cunning CW
miyo-kîkway

PrI like: ôma
1. something good, a good thing CW
cîsihikowisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is tricked by the powers, s/he has false hopes raised by the powers CW
wayêsihkwasiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is deceived in his/her sleep, s/he is tricked in his/her sleep CW
ohcikawin
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it drips, it leaks out, it trickles out (e.g. sap from tree) CW
2. it flows from there CW
3. it leaks (e.g. a roof) CW
cîsa

NA-4 🧑🏽 like: niska, êsa 📖
1. Cisa CW
2. personal name of Trickster CW
3. Wisahkecahk CW
ohcikawan
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it drips out, it leaks out, it trickles out CW
2. it springs a leak CW
3. It leaks. Inanimate. MD
ohcikawiw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it drips, it leaks out, it trickles out (e.g. sap from tree) CW
2. it flows from there CW
3. it leaks (e.g. a roof) CW
4. He leaks. MD
5. It flows out. MD

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