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piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. only one

NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan

Regular animate noun stem (NA-1) - tâpiskôc: pahkwêsikan, asikan

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	Stem
No ownership	piýêsîs-
whose / whom something belongs to	-piýêsîsim-

Alternatives

sC: pińêsîs

wC: pithîsîs

1. bird, small bird CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. A small bird. MD
   Maskwacîs Dictionary. Maskwacîs, Maskwachees Cultural College, 1998.

piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. smaller / younger
3. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
4. only one

1. a little thunderbird 🤖CW
   Experimental automatically inflected form of CW definition
2. a little thunder 🤖CW
   Experimental automatically inflected form of CW definition
3. a little thunderbird, a little term used only in ceremonies. 🤖MD
   Experimental automatically inflected form of MD definition

form of piyêsiw

1. thunderbird CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. thunder CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
3. A thunderbird, a term used only in ceremonies. MD
   Maskwacîs Dictionary. Maskwacîs, Maskwachees Cultural College, 1998.

piyêsîsis

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. only one

NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan

Regular animate noun stem (NA-1) - tâpiskôc: pahkwêsikan, asikan

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	Stem
No ownership	piýêsîsis-
whose / whom something belongs to	-piýêsîsisim-

1. baby bird CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. hatchling, nestling CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

piyêsîsikot

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin

Regular inanimate noun stem (NI-1) - tâpiskôc: cîmân, astotin

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piýêsîsikot-

1. bird beak CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

âmow-piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. only one

NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan

Regular animate noun stem (NA-1) - tâpiskôc: pahkwêsikan, asikan

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	Stem
No ownership	âmow-piýêsîs-
whose / whom something belongs to	-âmow-piýêsîsim-

1. hummingbird, yellow hummingbird [literally: "bee bird"] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. a hummingbird AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

môso-piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. only one

NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan

Regular animate noun stem (NA-1) - tâpiskôc: pahkwêsikan, asikan

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môso-piýêsîs-

1. blue-green hummingbird, ruby-throated hummingbird [literally: "moose bird"] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. a moose bird. (Plains). alt. môsopiwayisîs (Northern) AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

piyêsîsiskâw

1. Action word — like: miywâsin, mihkwâw
2. ni-/ki- word
3. s/he

VII-1v 💧➡️   like: kîsikâw

vowel-final impersonal inanimate intransitive verb (VII-1v) - tâpiskôc: kîsikâw

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piýêsîsiskâ-

1. there are an abundance of birds CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. birds are numerous CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

osâwi-piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. only one

NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan

Regular animate noun stem (NA-1) - tâpiskôc: pahkwêsikan, asikan

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	Stem
No ownership	osâwi-piýêsîs-
whose / whom something belongs to	-osâwi-piýêsîsim-

1. yellow bird CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. canary CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

piyêsîsikamik

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)

Consonant-/w/ inanimate noun stem (NI-3) - tâpiskôc: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)

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piýêsîsikamikw-

1. bird house, bird cage CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. A bird house or bird cage. MD
   Maskwacîs Dictionary. Maskwacîs, Maskwachees Cultural College, 1998.

sîpihko-piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin

Regular inanimate noun stem (NI-1) - tâpiskôc: cîmân, astotin

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sîpihko-piýêsîs-

1. bluebird CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

osâwasko-piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. only one

NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan

Regular animate noun stem (NA-1) - tâpiskôc: pahkwêsikan, asikan

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osâwasko-piýêsîs

1. yellow warbler (bird) CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. a yellow warbler. (Plains). alt. osâwaskopîwâyisis (Northern) AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

piyêsîsi-kitowin

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin

Regular inanimate noun stem (NI-1) - tâpiskôc: cîmân, astotin

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piýêsîsi-kitowin-

1. bird call CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

piyêsîsi-mîciwin

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin

Regular inanimate noun stem (NI-1) - tâpiskôc: cîmân, astotin

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piýêsîsi-mîciwin-

1. birdseed CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

mâsikêsko-piyêsîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. only one

NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan

Regular animate noun stem (NA-1) - tâpiskôc: pahkwêsikan, asikan

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mâsikêsko-piýêsîs-

1. cedar waxwing [Lat. Bombycilla cedrorum] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. a cedar bird (i.e.: a Cedar wax wing). (Plains). alt. sihtipiwâyisis (Northern) AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.