minôs

Plains Cree

Minôs.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪˈnoːs]
• Hyphenation: mi‧nôs

Noun

minôs anim (plural minôsak, diminutive minôsis, Syllabics ᒥᓅᐢ)

1. cat

Declension

Possessive inflection of minôs (stem: -minôs-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		minôs	minôsak
Singular	First person	niminôs	niminôsak
	Second person	kiminôs	kiminôsak
	Third person	ominôsa	ominôsa
	Obviative	ominôsiyiwa	ominôsiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	niminôsinân	niminôsinânak
	First person (incl.)	kiminôsinaw	kiminôsinawak
	Second person	kiminôsiwâw	kiminôsiwâwak
	Third person	ominôsiwâwa	ominôsiwâwa
	Obviative	ominôsiyiwa	ominôsiyiwa

References

• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 314