itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

ayi

PrI like: ôma
1. one, the one CW
ayi
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. uh, uhm, well, hmm [hesitatory] CW
2. A redirectional gesture which requires a hesitation and concerns a thing. MD
ayi
NI-4 💧 like: wâwi, osk-âyi 📖
1. one, thing CW
ayi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. uh, uhm, well, hmm [hesitatory] CW
ayê
IPJ like: hay hay
1. wow! CW
nisis

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my uncle, my cross-uncle CW
2. my mother's brother, my maternal uncle CW
3. my father's sister's husband CW
4. my father-in-law CW AECD MD
5. My uncle (My mother's brother). MD
6. my mother's brother or my maternal uncle AECD
opâskwêyâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Le Pas, MB, the Pas, MB CW
kistapinânihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Prince Albert, SK [literally: "place of wealth, meeting place, gathering place"] CW
nimâmâ
NDA 👤🧑🏽 📖
1. my mom, my mother [European loan: "mama"] CW
2. my mother. Var. nikâwiy AECD
osisimâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. father-in-law CW AECD MD
2. maternal uncle, husband of paternal aunt CW
osikosimâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. mother-in-law CW AECD
2. paternal aunt, wife of maternal uncle CW
3. a paternal aunt AECD
nitôsis
NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my aunt, my parallel aunt, my mother's sister, my father's brother's wife CW
2. my aunt AECD
3. my mother-in-law AECD
yâw
IPJ like: hay hay 📖
1. well now! CW
2. oops! CW
3. ho! CW
wah
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well CW
2. oh! CW
3. ho! CW
yaw
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well now! CW
2. oops! CW
3. ho! CW
iyaw
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well now! CW
2. oops! CW
3. ho! CW
hâ
IPJ like: hay hay 📖
1. well!, ho! CW
îhaw
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well now!, ho! CW
yôho
IPJ like: hay hay 📖
1. oh! ho! [exlamation of surprise] CW
sâkitawâwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. person indigenous to Ile-à-la-Crosse, SK CW
2. Île-à-la-Crosse Indian CW
atoskêwiyiniw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. workman, labourer CW
osâkitawâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. person from Ile-à-la-Crosse, SK CW
ministikwan

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Ministikwan, SK CW
kîskihkomânihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Cutknife, SK CW
otawâsimisimêw

VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he has s.o. as a child, s/he regards s.o. as his/her child(ren) CW
opakosîhiwêw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. beggar CW
pêhonân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Prince Albert, SK [cf. kistapinân] CW
nimâmâsis

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my aunt, my maternal aunt, my mother's sister CW
2. my paternal uncle's wife CW
3. my mother's sister or my maternal aunt AECD
onîkânîw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. headman, leader, chieftain CW
2. A leader. AECD MD
3. The one who is ahead. MD
4. a chieftain AECD
5. a headman AECD
6. one who leads AECD
kôtawi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. long for, be deprived of CW
2. lacking, missing CW
3. short of CW
4. resignedly CW
kwastikamow

V
1. He swallows. MD
pôti
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. what was this! lo and behold! and here it was! then, as it turns out [exclamatory, expressing surprise] CW
2. That's it! MD
3. Lo and behold. MD
osisimâwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. he is a father-in-law CW AECD
2. he is a maternal uncle, he is the husband of a paternal aunt CW
hay
IPJ like: hay hay
1. ho!, oh!, hey! [confirmatory exclamation] CW
nikêhtê-ayim

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my elder CW
2. my parent, my grandparent CW
kêhtê-aya

NA-4 🧑🏽 like: niska, êsa 📖
1. elder, old one, old person CW
2. the old CW
3. An Elder. MD
kistapinân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Prince Albert, SK [literally: "place of wealth, meeting place, gathering place"] CW
nisisê!

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. uncle!, cross-uncle! CW
2. mother's brother!, father's sister's husband! CW
3. father-in-law! CW
wînihisowin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. self-defilement, soiling oneself CW
otôsisimâw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. aunt, parallel aunt, mother's sister, father's brother's wife CW
wîtatoskêmâkan

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. co-worker, fellow worker, fellow labourer, colleague CW
mistahi-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Lac La Ronge, SK, La Ronge, SK CW
wiyasiwêhkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. band councillor, councillor CW
2. headman CW
3. A councillor. MD
kakwâtakatwêmowin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. wailing in misery, lamentation, bitter crying CW
nisisipan
NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my late uncle, my late cross-uncle CW
2. my mother's late brother, my father's sister's late husband CW
3. my late father-in-law CW
nitawêmâw

NDA-2 👤🧑🏽 like: mitihtikosiy, maskasiy 📖
1. [female speaker:] my brother CW
2. my male parallel cousin, the son of my mother's sister, the son of my father's brother CW
nîpawiwinihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. the site of the former Fort à la Corne Mission, SK CW
wîscâsimâw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. male cross-cousin CW
2. man's father's sister's son, man's mother's brother's son CW
3. brother-in-law [in relation to a male] CW
ahâ
IPJ like: hay hay 📖
1. ya! CW
2. okay! CW
3. agreed! CW
mistahi-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. St. Albert, AB CW
nitawêmâw

NDA-2 👤🧑🏽 like: mitihtikosiy, maskasiy 📖
1. [male speaker:] my sister CW
2. my female parallel cousin, the daughter of my mother's sister, the daughter of my father's brother CW
wâwâkikamâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Whitefish Lake, SK CW
2. Big River, SK CW

	Stem
No ownership	-sis-
whose / whom something belongs to	-sisim-

	Stem
No ownership	osisimâw-
whose / whom something belongs to	NONE

	Stem
No ownership	osikosimâw-
whose / whom something belongs to	NONE

	Stem
No ownership	sâkitawâwiýiniw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-sâkitawâwiýinîm-

tânisi!