mihtawakay

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mehtawakayi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪhˈtʌ.wʌkˌkʌj]
• Hyphenation: mih‧ta‧wa‧kay

Noun

mihtawakay inan (plural mihtawakaya, augmentative mahkihtawakay, Syllabics ᒥᐦᑕᐘᑲᐩ)

1. ear

Declension

Possessive inflection of mihtawakay (stem: -htawakay-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		mihtawakay	mihtawakaya
Singular	First person	nihtawakay	nihtawakaya
	Second person	kihtawakay	kihtawakaya
	Third person	ohtawakay	ohtawakaya
	Obviative	ohtawakayiyiw	ohtawakayiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nihtawakayinân	nihtawakayinâna
	First person (incl.)	kihtawakayinaw	kihtawakayinawa
	Second person	kihtawakayiwâw	kihtawakayiwâwa
	Third person	ohtawakayiwâw	ohtawakayiwâwa
	Obviative	ohtawakayiyiw	ohtawakayiyiwa

References

• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313