itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

nîpiminâna
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. highbush cranberries [Lat. Viburnum trilobum] CW
2. High bush cranberries. MD
3. Summer berries. MD
takwahiminânâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. chokecherry tree [Lat. Prunus virginiana] CW
kinikinik
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. shrub mixture of red willow bark and green leaves used as traditional tobacco for the pipe CW
nitawiminêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he goes berry-picking, s/he goes for berries CW
atiswêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he tans s.o., s/he dyes s.o. (e.g. porcupine quills) CW
môminêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he eats berries from the bush, s/he eats berries as s/he picks CW
2. He eats the berries as he picks them. MD
3. s/he eats berries from the fruit tree AECD
maskêkopak

NI 💧
1. a white flower or leaf that grows in the muskeg AECD
2. an herbal tea called Labrador tea AECD
takwahiminâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. chokecherry tree [Lat. Prunus virginiana] CW
miskîsikomina
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. red currants, red currant berries CW
kâkikêpakwa
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. muskeg tea, Labrador tea [literally: "forever-plants"; Lat. Rhododendron neoglandulosum] CW
kâ-kînikamoki

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. prickly pear cacti CW
wâpakwanîwin

V
1. It is blooming. MD
2. It has flowers. MD
maskêkopakwa
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. muskeg tea CW
2. native tea plant known as the Labrador tea plant [Lat. Rhododendron neoglandulosum] CW
tohtôsâpôwâhtik
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. milkweed [Lat. Brassica orientalis] CW
tohtôsâpôwask
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. milkweed [Lat. Brassica orientalis] CW
ayôskanâhtikwa

N Naming word
1. Raspberry bushes. MD
nîpiminânâhtik
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. cranberry bush [Lat. Viburnum trilobum] CW
mahihkanâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. wolf willow CW
2. a white willow or wolf shrub AECD
mihkosisiw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is reddish, s/he is pink CW
macikwanâs
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. weed, ragweed CW
miyoskamiwaskos
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. dandelion [literally: "springtime herb"] CW
wîhki-

IPN like: amisko-
1. sweet CW
2. fragrant CW
pakânâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. nut tree CW
2. a nut tree or shrub AECD
wâpikwanîwan
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. there are flowers, it is flowered CW
iyinimin

N Naming word
1. Huckleberries. MD
kiskinowâcihon
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. rosette, flower as lapel decoration CW
môsomin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. cranberry, highbush cranberry, lowbush cranberry [literally: "moose berry"; Lat. Viburnum edule] CW
2. a mooseberry or a high bush cranberry AECD
maskêkominâna
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. cranberries [literally: "swamp-berries"] CW
takwâkisip
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. fall duck, migratory duck (e.g. pintail, teal, redhead, scaup) CW
kinêpikomina
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. buffaloberries, Canada buffaloberries, soapberries [literally "snake-berries"; Lat. Shepherdia canadensis] CW
mînisîhkês
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Seneca root, Seneca snakeroot, rattlesnake root, mountain flax [Lat. Polygala senega] CW
yôskihtêpak
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. skunk cabbage plant CW
osâwikwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. yellow flower CW
osâwâpakwanîs
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. yellow flower CW
kispakahêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he piles s.o. thickly (e.g. spruce boughs) CW
osâwaskwâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is blue-green (as fresh grass), it is yellow (as dried grass) CW
pikwaci-mînisa

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. wild berries CW
nikikomina
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. wild black currants CW
2. blueberries (of a certain variety) [literally: "otter berries"; possibly Lat. Vaccinium spp.] CW
pîmahôpak

NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. wild buckwheat [Lat. polygonum convolvulus] CW
2. wild bean plant CW
3. a wild bean bush AECD
môso-piyêsîs
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. blue-green hummingbird, ruby-throated hummingbird [literally: "moose bird"] CW
2. a moose bird. (Plains). alt. môsopiwayisîs (Northern) AECD
askihtakwâpakwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. blue flower CW
mihkwasinâsow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he has red marks, s/he has red spots, s/he has red stripes CW
2. s/he is coloured red CW
3. He is reddish striped. MD
wîhkimâsikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. incense CW
2. willow tree fungus used as incense, ceremonial smudging fungus CW
3. a fungus that grows on willow trees that produces a pleasant aroma when lit, i.e.: a ceremonial smoke fungus AECD
paskopicikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is plucking fowl CW MD
2. s/he is plucking weeds from the garden CW MD
mihkomin
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. red bead CW
2. Red beads MD
3. Red berries. MD
4. a red berry AECD
osâwinâkosiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he looks yellowish, s/he looks brownish CW
2. s/he looks jaundiced CW
cahcahkinosêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. brook trout, speckled brook trout [Lat. Salvelinus fontinalis] CW
pakwânâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. wild rhubarb, cow parsnip, Indian celery, Indian rhubarb [Lat. Heracleum maximum] CW
pikwânâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. wild rhubarb, cow parsnip, Indian celery, Indian rhubarb [Lat. Heracleum maximum] CW
2. a part of a bullrush, i.e.: a cattail. Var. otâwask AECD
atimositêmina
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. fruit of the prickly pear cactus [literally: "dog foot berries"] CW

	Stem
No ownership	takwahiminânâhtikw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-takwahiminânâhtikom-

	Stem
No ownership	takwahiminâhtikw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-takwahiminâhtikom-

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No ownership	mahihkanâhtikw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-mahihkanâhtikom-

	Stem
No ownership	pakânâhtikw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-pakânâhtikom-

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