itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

nihta

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1. Means know how to MD
2. Expertness. MD
nihtâ-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. able CW
2. good at, competent, practised, experienced, doing much of, skilful at, accustomed to CW
3. expert at, known as one who does something habitually, be in the habit of CW
4. well CW
5. consistently, always CW
nêta
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. yonder, over there, over yonder CW
nihtâwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is able to talk well CW
2. s/he speaks well CW
3. s/he is an excellent speaker CW AECD
4. [of a child:] s/he is beginning to talk CW
5. He can talk now. MD
6. He has started to talk. MD
7. He speaks well. In the case of a baby MD
8. He speaks now. MD
nîhtâsiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is blown down, it (animate) blows off (e.g. from a clothesline) CW
2. He blows off. MD
3. it blew off or down, i.e.: diaper off a clothesline AECD
nîhtaskêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he descends to the ground CW
nîhtâstan
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is blown down, it blows off (e.g. from a clothesline) CW
2. It blows off. MD
3. it blew off or down, i.e.: a facecloth off a clothesline AECD
nîhtataham
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he knocks s.t. down off (of something) CW
2. He knocks it down or off. MD
nîhtâskow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he climbs down (e.g. pole, tree) CW
nihtâwikin
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it grows forth (e.g. a plant), it comes forth CW
nihtâwikiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is born CW AECD MD
nihtâwôsêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he raises a good family CW
2. she is fruitful CW
nîhtaciwê-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. downhill, down CW
nîhtaciwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he goes downhill, s/he climbs down, s/he walks down CW
2. s/he goes downstairs, s/he descends a hill, stairs, etc. CW
3. He goes down. MD
4. s/he goes down, i.e.: a hill or stairway AECD
nîhtakocin
VAI-2 🧑🏽➡️ like: pimisin 📖
1. s/he falls down through the air, s/he descends from high up CW
nîhtakosîw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he dismounts, s/he climbs down, s/he descends, s/he gets down, s/he gets off CW
2. He climbs down. MD
3. s/he steps down, i.e.: off something AECD
nîhtâmatin
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. at the bottom of the bank, bottom of the hill CW
2. Down the hill AECD
nîhtâwatâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he unloads s.t., s/he takes down a load of s.t. (e.g. from truck) CW
nihtâwihtâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he does s.t. well, s/he is good at making s.t. CW
2. s/he is smart CW
3. He does it well. MD
nîhtatahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he knocks s.o. down off (of something) CW
2. He knocks him down or off. MD
nîhtâhtawîw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he climbs down (off of something) CW
nîhtâpokow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he slides downhill CW
nihtâ-kâsôw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he hides well, s/he is good at hiding CW
2. He is good at hiding. MD
nîhtaskamik
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. underground, down below ground CW
2. on earth, on the ground CW
nihtâwâcihow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he fends for him/herself, s/he is good at looking after him/herself CW
nihtâwâtakâw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at swimming CW
nihtâwikihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. she gives birth to s.o., s/he aids s.o.'s birth CW
2. she gives birth AECD
nihtâwitôtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he does s.t. well CW
2. s/he is capable CW
nîhtâskocin
VAI-2 🧑🏽➡️ like: pimisin 📖
1. s/he gets hooked and falls down CW
nîhtâskwaham
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he takes s.t. down with a tool (e.g. stick) CW
nihtâ-âcimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he tells good stories CW MD
2. s/he is a good talker, s/he is a good storyteller, s/he tells stories expertly CW
nihtâ-minahow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a good hunter CW MD
nihtâwâhtawîw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he climbs well, s/he is a good climber CW
2. He climbs well. MD
nihtâwêyihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he is resourceful CW
2. s/he has knowledge for doing CW
3. s/he is clever (about s.t.), s/he is able to solve problems, s/he is good at thinking of s.t., s/he is innovative CW
4. s/he is content CW
5. He has the unique ability to think constructively. MD
nihtâwicimêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he uses a boat and paddles well CW
nihtâwikiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. birth, being born CW
2. birthday CW
3. A birth. AECD MD
4. the act of being born AECD
nihtâwisimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at dancing, s/he is an expert dancer, s/he is an excellent dancer CW
2. s/he is an excellent dancer AECD
nihtâwitêpow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at cooking, s/he is an expert cook CW
nîhtaciwêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. going downhill, climbing downhill, going downstairs CW
2. the act of going down a hill or stairway AECD
nîhtakosîwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. dismounting CW
2. the act of dismounting AECD
nîhtâpêkinam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he lowers s.t. by rope CW
2. He lowers it with a rope. MD
3. s/he lets it down with a rope AECD
nihtâ-atoskêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a good worker CW
nihtâ-âhkosiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he falls ill easily, s/he is prone to illness CW
nihtâ-nikamow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sings well, s/he is an excellent singer CW
2. He sings well. MD
3. s/he is a excellent singer AECD
nihtâwihcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he does things well CW
2. s/he makes crafts, s/he is crafty CW
nihtâwikihtâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he gives birth to s.t., s/he brings s.t. forth, s/he causes s.t. to germinate, s/he causes s.t. to grow forth CW
2. s/he grows s.t. well CW
3. s/he grows it well AECD
nihtâwikîstam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he populates s.t. (e.g. the earth) CW
nihtâwikwâtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he sews s.t. well, s/he is good at sewing s.t., s/he sews s.t. expertly CW
nîhtaciwêhcâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is downhill land, it is land sloping downhill CW
nîhtahcipayiw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. a bank falls down, a bank collapses CW
nîhtâpêkinêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he lowers s.o. by rope CW MD
2. s/he leads s.o. down by rope CW
3. s/he lets her/him down with a rope AECD
nîhtâskwahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he takes s.o. down with a tool (e.g. stick) CW
nihtâ-mîcisow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he has a good appetite CW
2. s/he is a habitual eater CW
nihtâ-yâhyânam
VAI-3 🧑🏽➡️ like: yâhyânam 📖
1. s/he swims well CW MD
nihtâwâtahikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at scraping hides CW
nihtâwikihâkan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. child, child born in wedlock CW
nihtâwikwâsow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sews well, she is good at sewing, s/he sews expertly, s/he is a good seamstress, s/he is an experienced seamstress CW
2. s/he does fancy sewing CW
nihtâwikwâtêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he sews s.o. well CW
2. s/he sews well for s.o. CW
nihtâwikihiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. she grows (animate) things well CW
2. s/he grows something AECD
nihtâwipêhikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he writes well, s/he is highly literate CW
nîhtaciwêhtahêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he takes s.o. downwards CW
nîhtâwahitowak
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they descend as a group, they get off the train or bus as a group CW
nihtâ-kiyâskiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at telling lies CW
2. s/he is known as a habitual liar CW
nihtâpekinikew

VTI 🧑🏽➡️💧
1. s/he lets things down with a rope AECD
nihtâwikihcikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. field, garden CW
2. produce from a garden CW
3. Produce from a good garden AECD
nîhtaciwêhtatâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he takes s.t. downwards CW
nîhtaciwêpayiw
VAI 🧑🏽➡️
1. s/he falls down the hill or drives down the hill AECD
nîhtaciwêpayiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he goes downhill, s/he goes down, s/he drives downhill, s/he falls downhill CW
nîhtaciwêpayiw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it goes downhill, it goes down, it drives downhill CW
2. it falls downhill CW
nîhtaciwêpiciw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he moves camp downhill CW
nîhtaciwêpitam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he pulls s.t. downhill CW
nîhtaciwêpitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he pulls s.o. downhill CW
nîhtâpêkipitam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he pulls s.t. down by rope, s/he lets s.t. down on a rope CW
nihtâ-nîmihitow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he dances well CW MD
nihtâ-pakâsimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he swims well CW
nihtâwihcikêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. making crafts, being crafty CW
2. the act of making crafts AECD
3. crafty AECD
4. creation AECD
nihtâwikihcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he farms, s/he makes a garden, s/he plants a garden CW
2. s/he is planting the garden AECD
nihtâwikiwinihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. birthplace CW
nihtâwisîhcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at doing things, s/he makes beautiful things CW
nîhtaciwêpahtâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he runs down (e.g. stairs, hill) CW
nîhtâhtawîhtahêw

VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he takes s.o. downstairs CW
nîhtâpêkinikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he lowers things by rope CW
nîhtâpêkiniwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he lowers people by rope CW
2. s/he lets people down with a rope AECD
nîhtâpêkipitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he pulls down by rope, s/he lets s.o. down on a rope CW
nihtâ-kîsitêpow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he cooks well CW
nihtâ-nôtinikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a good fighter, s/he is known as a habitual fighter CW
nihtâwasinahikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he writes well, s/he is an excellent writer CW
2. s/he is an excellent writer AECD
nihtâwikihâwasow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. she gives birth to a child CW
nihtâwikwâsowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. fancy sewing CW
nîhtâhtawîhtatâw

VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he takes s.t. downstairs CW
nîhtâhtawîpahtâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he climbs down at a run CW
nihtâ-kitohcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he plays music well CW MD
nihtâwikinâwasow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. she gives birth to a child, she brings forth a child, it brings forth a young one (of the species) CW
nîhtaciwêtisaham
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he sends s.t. downhill CW
nihtâ-ayamihcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a good reader CW
2. s/he reads well CW
nihtâ-masinahikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he writes well CW MD
nihtâwêyihtamowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. resourcefulness CW
2. insight, acumen CW
3. rationality CW AECD
4. constructive thinking, effective thinking CW
5. Effective, constructive thinking. MD
6. the act of having keen insight AECD
7. acumen AECD
8. the act of thinking in a rational manner AECD
nihtâwikihcikanis

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. small field, small garden CW
nihtâwikihtamawêw

VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. she gives birth for s.o., s/he raises a child for s.o. CW
nihtâwikihtamâsow

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he raises a child for him/herself CW
nîhtaciwêtâpâsow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he drives downhill, s/he rides downhill CW
nîhtaciwêyâhtawîw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he climbs down, s/he descends on wood CW
nîhtaciwêyâkonêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he goes down a bank of snow CW
nîhtâpêkipicikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. lowering rope CW
nihtâwikihcikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. James Smith Cree Nation, SK [southern Plains Cree reserve; literally: "at the good growing place"] CW
nihtâwikihcikêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. farming, planting a garden, horticulture CW
2. the act of planting a good garden AECD
nîhtaciwêtisahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he sends s.o. downhill CW
nîhtatâwahkipayiw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. a bank falls down, a bank collapses CW
nîhtâpêkipicikêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he pulls things down by rope, s/he lets things down on a rope CW
nihtâwikihâwasowin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. childbearing, giving birth CW
nihtâwiminakinikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at sewing on beads CW
nîhtaciwê-yahkinam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he pushes s.t. down the hill or down the stairs CW
nîhtaciwê-yahkinêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he pushes s.o. down the hill or down the stairs CW
nihtâ-kîskipocikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he saws well CW
nihtâ-wêwêkinâwasow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at wrapping the baby, s/he wraps his/her children well CW
2. s/he is good at wrapping up the baby AECD
nihtâ-mîkisistahikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is good at beading CW
nîhtaciwêyâkonêpayiw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is an avalanche CW
2. snow falls down the bank CW
nihtâ-wêwêkinâwasowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. wrapping a baby well, the art of swaddling children CW
2. being good at wrapping up a baby AECD
nihtâwikihcikêwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. farmer CW
2. gardener CW
nihtâwikiwini-kîsikâw

N Naming word
1. A birthday. MD
nihtâwikihcikêw sîpîsis

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Garden River, AB, Garden Creek, AB [also locative: nihtâwikihcikêw sîpîsisihk] CW

	Stem
No ownership	nihtâwikihâkan-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nihtâwikihâkanim-

	Stem
No ownership	nihtâwikihcikêwiýiniw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nihtâwikihcikêwiýinîm-

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