askiy

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *askyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌsˈkij]
• Hyphenation: as‧kiy

Noun

askiy inan (plural askiya, Syllabics ᐊᐢᑭᕀ)

1. earth
2. land, country

Declension

Possessive inflection of askiy (stem: -askiy-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		askiy	askiya
Singular	First person	nitaskiy	nitaskiya
	Second person	kitaskiy	kitaskiya
	Third person	otaskiy	otaskiya
	Obviative	otaskiyiyiw	otaskiyiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitaskiyinân	nitaskiyinâna
	First person (incl.)	kitaskiyinaw	kitaskiyinawa
	Second person	kitaskiyiwâw	kitaskiyiwâwa
	Third person	otaskiyiwâw	otaskiyiwâwa
	Obviative	otaskiyiyiw	otaskiyiyiwa

Derived terms

• askipwâwi
• kihci-môhkomân-askîhk

 

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 436
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307