kisêyiniw

Plains Cree

Etymology

From kisê- (“great”) +‎ iyiniw (“Indian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɪˈseː.jɪˌniw]
• Hyphenation: ki‧sê‧yi‧niw

Noun

kisêyiniw anim (plural kisêyiniwak, Syllabics ᑭᓭᔨᓂᐤ)

1. old man

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 31
• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437