itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

aspin
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. away, off, from a distance CW
2. in departing, just now, since then, the last I knew CW
3. ago, back then, so long ago CW
4. gone for good, gone for the present CW
5. since CW
6. just CW
aspin
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. presumably, evidently CW
aspin
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. Since. MD
aspinam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he holds s.t. with a potholder CW
2. s/he uses a potholder CW
aspinoyê
IPJ like: hay hay
1. Happy New Year! (New Year's greeting) CW
kîsâspin
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. if CW
aspinikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. potholder CW
aspinikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he holds things with a potholder CW
2. s/he uses a potholder CW
aspin piko

IPH like: êkosi pitamâ
1. the last I saw, the last I heard, it's the last one might see CW
aspinahikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. gun sheath, gun case CW
2. [slang:] condom CW
aspinikâkan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. holster, sheath CW
2. [slang:] condom CW
aspinikâtêw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is held with a potholder CW
tânitahto nîpin aspin

IPH like: êkosi pitamâ
1. a few summers ago CW
kinosêw

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Kinoosao, SK [Woods Cree community; reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation] CW
paspaskiw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. partridge, wood partridge, birch grouse, ruffed grouse CW
2. quail CW
pihêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. prairie chicken CW
2. grouse CW AECD
3. partridge, wood partridge CW
4. A partridge MD
5. A grouse. Also called a prairie chicken. MD
6. a wood partridge AECD
cîpwayâninâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Dene country, Chipewyan country CW
2. in Dene country CW
nîhc-âyihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. below CW
2. down, downwards, downstairs, down the hill CW
3. in the low place CW
4. In the basement. MD
5. Downhill. MD
6. Below or going downwards AECD
7. downstairs AECD
waskwayâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. birch tree, birch wood CW
2. Birch wood AECD
âhkiskôs

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. partridge CW
2. young greater prairie chicken CW
sakâwi-pihêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. spruce grouse CW MD
2. woodcock, wood-partridge, wood chicken CW
pihêsis

N Naming word
1. A young partridge. MD
2. A young man partaking in a chicken dance, who has been initiated. MD
isawêhkwak

NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. triangular needle for sewing leather CW
2. glover's needle CW
sakâwi-

IPN like: amisko-
1. bush, wood CW
2. from the bush, from the woods, from the forest CW
wapâtikociwanohk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Southend, SK [Woods Cree community; reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation; literally: "where the current flows through the narrows"] CW
asinîwipwâtiwiw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is Nakoda, s/he is Assiniboine, s/he is Stoney CW
waskwayâhtikotâpânâsk

NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. birch wood sled CW
cîkâsk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. along the waterside CW
2. along the edge CW
acikâsimin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. evergreen berry CW
2. kinnikinnick berry, ground cedar berry, partridge berry CW
wasko-onikâhpihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Birch Portage, SK [Woods Cree reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation] CW
atoskêwiyiniw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. workman, labourer CW
yîpêyâmatin
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. on a hillslope CW
2. on the slope of a hill CW
pihkwâpôhkêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes lye CW
pihkohtêwâpôhkâkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes lye from something (e.g. wood ashes) CW
sîwîhtâkan-sâposikan

N Naming word
1. Epsom salts. MD
ôkîkwa
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. gills (of fish) CW
manahcâpânihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Morley, AB [Nakoda community; literally: "where bow(-wood) is harvested"] CW
wîpi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. dirty, unclean CW
2. brown CW
wîposâwisiw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is brown CW
oskanâmôskâw

VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. hornets are abundant, wasps are abundant CW
wâkâskopayiw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it bends (e.g. wood) CW
owiyicêskiwakinikêw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. potter CW
otasiskîwiyâkanihkêw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. potter CW
âhâsiwiminâhtik
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. juniper berry bush [literally: "crow-berry bush"] CW
otâniyihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. on his/her (obviative) hind part CW
nôcacaskwêsiw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. northern harrier, marsh hawk [Lat. Circus hudsonius] CW
pîwâskiswêw

VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he burns s.o. to ashes CW
pîwâskisam

VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he burns s.t. to ashes CW
sakâwi-mîmîw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. wood pigeon, wood partridge CW
itâp
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. then, in the future, when the time comes CW
2. sometime later, afterwards CW
3. Afterwards MD
4. At a later time. MD
5. Later. MD
âstamahcâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. the hill opposite CW
2. on this side of the hill CW
pihkohtêwâpôstamawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he makes wood ash lye for s.o. CW
tahkohtaciwêyâwahêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he hauls s.o. to the top of the hill or stairs CW
cikâsimin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. partridge berry CW
masâniwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. it is a nettle, it is a thistle CW
owiyasiwêwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a judge CW
2. s/he is a lawyer CW
3. s/he is a band councillor CW
wiyasiwêhkâniwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a band councillor CW
nîhcâyihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. below CW
2. down, downwards, downstairs, down the hill CW
3. in the low place CW
4. in the basement CW
cîkahikan sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Wollaston Lake, SK [Dene community; literally: "at axe lake; at hatchet lake"] CW
oyasiwêhkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. band councillor CW
2. headman, councillor CW
owiyasiwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. judge CW
2. lawyer CW MD
3. band councillor CW
wiyasiwêhkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. band councillor, councillor CW
2. headman CW
3. A councillor. MD

	Stem
No ownership	paspaskiw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-paspaskîm-

	Stem
No ownership	pihêw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-pihêm-

	Stem
No ownership	âhkiskôs-
whose / whom something belongs to	-âhkiskôsim-

	Stem
No ownership	sakâwi-pihêw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-sakâwi-pihêm-

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