itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

sâpo
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. through CW
2. Meaning right through something. MD
sâpo-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. fully, exhaustively, thoroughly, through, through and through, right through, from end to end CW
2. beyond CW
simâkanis
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. policeman, police officer CW
2. soldier CW
3. border guard CW
4. [plural:] policemen, soldiers CW
5. the RCMP CW
simâkanis
NA 🧑🏽
1. a police or law officer AECD
mâci-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. begin to, start to CW
2. commencement CW
3. initially CW
nistam
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. first CW
2. at first, before anything else CW
3. for the first time, initially, originally CW
4. At first. MD
5. The first. MD
6. the first time AECD
7. initially AECD
8. originally AECD
simâkan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. policeman, police officer CW
wâskahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Grouard, AB CW
otasahkêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. one who feeds people CW
2. the one who distributes rations CW
3. Indian Agent CW
4. welfare officer, welfare worker CW
5. a welfare worker, a literal Cree term meaning "s/he is a feeder of people" AECD
kâhcitinêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he catches s.o., s/he procures s.o. (as money), s/he obtains s.o. (e.g. money) CW
2. s/he gets s.o. (e.g. spouse) CW
3. s/he holds s.o., s/he seizes s.o., s/he apprehends s.o. CW
4. He catches him. AECD MD
5. He seizes him. MD
6. s/he apprehends her/him AECD
7. s/he arrests her/him AECD
sôniyâwikimâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Indian Agent CW
2. government representative to a First Nation CW
3. A bank manager. MD
4. an indian agent or government representative to the band AECD
sôniyâw-okimânâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. agency CW
2. Indian Agency CW
mac-itêyimêw

V
1. He regards him suspiciously. MD
2. He suspects him. MD
simâkanisihkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. soldier CW
2. special constable CW
3. security officer CW
kâ-nîmihitocik

NA 🧑🏽
1. the aurora Borealis. (Plains). alt. cîpayah ka nimihitotwâw (Northern) AECD
okanawêyihcikêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. guard CW
2. caretaker CW
3. resource officer, game warden CW
4. A guard or security officer. MD
5. a keeper or game warden AECD
6. one who looks after game AECD
7. a security AECD
oyasiwêwikimâw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. court judge CW
2. magistrate CW
3. governor CW
kwastikamow

V
1. He swallows. MD
wêmistikôsînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Bonneyville, AB CW
mayakwês

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. German person CW
2. speaker of a foreign language CW
simâkanisîwatim

NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. police dog, K9 CW
2. Alsatian CW
cîsa

NA-4 🧑🏽 like: niska, êsa 📖
1. Cisa CW
2. personal name of Trickster CW
3. Wisahkecahk CW
opâskisikêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. gunman, shooter CW
2. a gunman AECD
3. one who fires guns AECD
simâkanisiwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a police officer CW
2. s/he is a soldier CW
wâwâhtêwa

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Northern Lights, aurora borealis CW
kihci-atâwêwikamikowiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. store manager, post manager, Hudson's Bay Company factor CW
watapîwi-nipêwinis

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. root fibre bassonette, root fibre cradle CW
kanawiwâskahikanêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he guards the house, s/he is a security guard CW
môyêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he becomes aware of s.o., s/he senses s.o., s/he intuits s.o. CW
2. s/he suspects s.o., s/he is skeptical about s.o. CW
3. He becomes aware of him. MD
4. He suspects him. AECD MD
5. s/he is skeptical of her/him AECD
otâcimostâkêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. informant CW
2. newscaster CW
3. one who tells people stories or news CW
4. an informer AECD
5. one who gives information AECD
oyâpiskatahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. anvil CW
onîkânapiw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. boss, department head, director, administrator CW
2. president, premier, prime minister CW
mamâhcikonikêwin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. detention, immobilization CW
maci-itêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he suspects s.o., s/he suspects s.o. of evil, s/he is suspicious of s.o. CW
2. s/he thinks evil of s.o. CW
ocasahkêsis
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. welfare officer, welfare worker CW
masinahikaniwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. letter carrier, postman CW
owiyasiwêwikimâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. court judge CW
2. magistrate CW
3. governor CW
âsitêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he suspects s.o. jealously CW
okimâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. chief, leader, head person, man of high position CW
2. king CW
3. boss CW
4. one's superior CW
5. manager CW
6. A chief. MD
7. A man in high position. MD
8. a leader on a job site, i.e.: a boss AECD
9. government leader, manager AECD
atâmêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he blames s.o. in his/her thoughts, s/he blames s.o. for his/her own misfortune, s/he accuses s.o. in one's thoughts, s/he suspects s.o. CW
2. He puts the blame on him or them. MD
3. s/he suspects her/him AECD
4. s/he blames another person for her/his misfortune AECD
macêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he thinks s.o. to be of no account, s/he hates s.o., s/he despises s.o. CW
2. s/he suspects s.o. CW
3. s/he despises her/him AECD
4. s/he thinks s/he is bad AECD
kakwêcimiwêwin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. questioning people CW
tâspwâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. in fact, as a matter of fact CW
2. as a result, for that reason CW
3. no wonder, so CW
4. consequently, as a consequence CW
5. Therefore. MD
6. And so. MD
môyêyimiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he becomes aware of people CW
2. s/he suspects people, s/he is skeptical about people CW
3. s/he is skeptical of someone AECD
watapiy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. root fibre of white pine CW
2. tree root CW AECD
mistikwaskisin
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Dutchman, Netherlander CW
kâ-osihkosiwayâniw

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Ermineskin [literally: "Has an Ermineskin"; Cree chief of the Ermineskin Band, AB, signatory to Treaty 6] CW
posâkan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. touchwood, tinder fungus, tinder of birch fungus [Lat. Fomes fomentarius; also identified as Lat. Polyporus sp.] CW

	Stem
No ownership	simâkanis-
whose / whom something belongs to	-simâkanisim-

	Stem
No ownership	simâkan-
whose / whom something belongs to	-simâkanim-

	Stem
No ownership	sôniyâwikimâw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-sôniyâwikimâm-

	Stem
No ownership	simâkanisihkân-
whose / whom something belongs to	-simâkanisihkânim-

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