mînis

Plains Cree

Mînisa.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miːˈnɪs]
• Hyphenation: mî‧nis

Noun

mînis inan (plural mînisa, augmentative mahkiminakâw, Syllabics ᒦᓂᐢ)

1. berry

Declension

Possessive inflection of mînis (stem: -mînis-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		mînis	mînisa
Singular	First person	nimînis	nimînisa
	Second person	kimînis	kimînisa
	Third person	omînis	omînisa
	Obviative	omînisiyiw	omînisiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nimînisinân	nimînisinâna
	First person (incl.)	kimînisinaw	kimînisinawa
	Second person	kimînisiwâw	kimînisiwâwa
	Third person	omînisiwâw	omînisiwâwa
	Obviative	omînisiyiw	omînisiyiwa

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 435
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 24