nikik

Plains Cree

Nikik.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɪkˈkɪk]

Noun

nikik anim (plural nikikwak, Syllabics ᓂᑭᐠ)

1. otter

Declension

Possessive inflection of nikik (stem: -nikikw-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		nikik	nikikwak
Singular	First person	ninikik	ninikikwak
	Second person	kinikik	kinikikwak
	Third person	onikikwa	onikikwa
	Obviative	onikikiyiwa	onikikiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	ninikikinân	ninikikinânak
	First person (incl.)	kinikikinaw	kinikikinawak
	Second person	kinikikiwâw	kinikikiwâwak
	Third person	onikikiwâwa	onikikiwâwa
	Obviative	onikikiyiwa	onikikiyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 438
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316