astotin

Plains Cree

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʌs.tʊtˌtɪn]
• Hyphenation: as‧to‧tin

Noun

astotin inan (plural astotina, diminutive ascocinis, augmentative misâstotin, Syllabics ᐊᐢᑐᑎᐣ)

1. hat, cap

Declension

Possessive inflection of astotin (stem: -astotin-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		astotin	astotina
Singular	First person	nitastotin	nitastotina
	Second person	kitastotin	kitastotina
	Third person	otastotin	otastotina
	Obviative	otastotiniyiw	otastotiniyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitastotininân	nitastotininâna
	First person (incl.)	kitastotininaw	kitastotininawa
	Second person	kitastotiniwâw	kitastotiniwâwa
	Third person	otastotiniwâw	otastotiniwâwa
	Obviative	otastotiniyiw	otastotiniyiwa

References

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