maskisin
Plains Cree
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maskisin inan (plural maskisina, locative maskisinihk, diminutive maskisinis, Syllabics ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ)
Inflection
[edit]Possessive inflection of maskisin (stem: -maskisin-)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | maskisin | maskisina | |
| Singular | First person | nimaskisin | nimaskisina |
| Second person | kimaskisin | kimaskisina | |
| Third person | omaskisin | omaskisina | |
| Obviative | omaskisiniyiw | omaskisiniyiwa | |
| Plural | First person (excl.) | nimaskisininân | nimaskisininâna |
| First person (incl.) | kimaskisininaw | kimaskisininawa | |
| Second person | kimaskisiniwâw | kimaskisiniwâwa | |
| Third person | omaskisiniwâw | omaskisiniwâwa | |
| Obviative | omaskisiniyiw | omaskisiniyiwa | |
References
[edit]- 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 313