mikosis

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mekwiʔsa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪk.kʊˌsɪs]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ko‧sis

Noun

mikosis anim (plural mikosisak, Syllabics ᒥᑯᓯᐢ)

1. son

Declension

Possessive inflection of mikosis (stem: -kosis-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		mikosis	mikosisak
Singular	First person	nikosis	nikosisak
	Second person	kikosis	kikosisak
	Third person	okosisa	okosisa
	Obviative	okosisiyiwa	okosisiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nikosisinân	nikosisinânak
	First person (incl.)	kikosisinaw	kikosisinawak
	Second person	kikosisiwâw	kikosisiwâwak
	Third person	okosisiwâwa	okosisiwâwa
	Obviative	okosisiyiwa	okosisiyiwa

Derived terms

• âpihtawikosisân

 

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 19