itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

ocicâhkomis

N Naming word
1. A turkey. MD
misihêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. turkey CW
2. chicken, domestic chicken CW
3. eagle, hawk CW
4. A chicken. MD
ocicâhk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. crane, sandhill crane CW
2. wild turkey CW
3. A crane MD
4. a crane or a long legged bird AECD
wânâhkêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. vulture, turkey vulture CW
papakiswêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he slices s.o. thinly (e.g. a loaf of bread, turkey) CW AECD
asinîwipwâtinâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Nakoda country, Assiniboine country CW
2. in Nakoda country CW
môniyâs
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. a White man, Caucasian CW
2. little White man CW
3. Canadian CW
4. non-Indian, non-First Nations person, non-Indigenous person CW
5. [plural:] the Whites, Canadians CW
môniyâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. White man, Caucasian CW
2. non-Indian, non-First Nations man, non-Indigenous man CW
3. Canadian, Canadian male CW
4. Any white man. MD
5. a white person AECD
tahkopitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he ties s.o. fast, s/he ties s.t. on (e.g. to a sleigh) CW
2. He ties him up. MD
nimâmâ
NDA 👤🧑🏽 📖
1. my mom, my mother [European loan: "mama"] CW
2. my mother. Var. nikâwiy AECD
mistikôsînâhk

N Naming word
1. In France. MD
mistikôsînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. France, in France CW
nêhiyawi-

IPN like: amisko-
1. Cree CW
2. First Nations, Indigenous, Indian CW
nâtakâm
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the water CW
2. towards land, towards shore CW
3. in the bush country CW
4. in the north, to the north (notably the transition zone north of the Saskatchewan River) CW
5. Towards land MD
6. Shore. MD
pîkaniwiyinînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Piegan country, in the Piegan country CW
2. in Piikani territory CW
nahkawiyinînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Saulteaux country, Saulteaux reserve CW
2. Ojibwe country, Anishinaabe country, Anishinaabe land CW
3. in Saulteaux country CW
wêmistikôsîwaskiy

NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. France, French land CW
nanâtohkôskân
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. all kinds of things, different kinds, various kinds CW
2. different nations CW
wêmistikôsînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. France [literally: "among the French"] CW
mayakwês

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. German person CW
2. speaker of a foreign language CW
wâpanosip
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. butterball duck, bufflehead duck [Lat. Bucephala albeola] CW
iyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. First Nations person, Indian CW
2. person, man CW
3. A person or native of a tribe/nation. MD
opîtatowêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Ukrainian CW
2. European CW
3. a Ukrainian person AECD
pîtatowêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. European, immigrant CW
nâtakâsi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. into the bush country CW
2. wading to shore CW
môniyâsiwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is White, s/he is Caucasian CW
2. he is a White man CW
3. s/he is not Indigenous, s/he is a non-Indian, s/he is a non-First Nations person CW
4. s/he is Canadian CW
5. [plural:] the Whites, Canadians CW
nimitaw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. to open country CW
2. being far out in the water AECD
môswacîhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. White Bear First Nations, SK [southern Plains Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota and Dakota reserve; literally: "at moose mountain"] CW
ayômin

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. oatmeal, rolled oats CW
2. rice CW
ayômin

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. oatmeal, rolled oats CW
2. [plural:] oats CW
3. rice CW
wâsêhkwaham
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he polishes s.t. bright CW
2. Polish it. MD
3. He polishes it bright. MD
mihcêtoskânêsiwak

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they are of many kinds, they are of many nations CW
kipwahpitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he ties s.o. closed in (in a sack) CW
ayahcinawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he sees s.o. as foreign CW AECD
môniyâskwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. a White woman, Canadian woman, non-Indian woman, non-First Nations woman, non-Indigenous woman CW
2. Any white woman. MD
3. a white woman AECD
ayahcinam

VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he sees s.t. as foreign CW
iyinito-ayisiyinîwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is Indigenous, s/he is First Nations CW
asiskîwikamikowiyinînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. in Mandan country CW
2. amongst the Mandan, the Mandan Nation CW
nâtawêwiw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is an Iroquois person, s/he is a Mohawk person CW
2. s/he is a member of the Six Nations CW
awasâpiskohk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. British Columbia, BC CW
awasâpisk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. British Columbia, BC CW
opîtatowêwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is Ukrainian CW
nêhiyâwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is Nehiyaw, s/he is Cree, s/he is Plains Cree, s/he is a Cree Indian, s/he is a member of the Plains Cree Nation CW
2. s/he is First Nations, s/he is an Indigenous person CW
3. He is Cree. MD
itahpitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he ties s.o. thus or there CW
wîtaskêmêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he lives with s.o. in the same country, s/he has s.o. as his/her compatriot, s/he lives in peace with s.o. CW
2. s/he lives in the same part of the country as her/him AECD
ayahciyinînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Blackfoot country CW
2. in enemy territory, amongst the enemy CW
tahtoskânêsiwak
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they are of so many kinds, they are so many nations CW
kâ-nâh-nahâskwêyâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man First Nations, SK [southern Plains Cree and Nakoda reserve; literally: "where there are many good areas of bush"] CW
asitahpitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he ties s.o. fast to something CW

	Stem
No ownership	misihêw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-misihêm-

	Stem
No ownership	ocicâhkw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-ocicâhkom-

	Stem
No ownership	wânâhkêw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-wânâhkêm-

	Stem
No ownership	môniyâs-
whose / whom something belongs to	-môniyâsim-

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