nâpêw

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *na·pe·wa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑːˈpeːw]
• Hyphenation: nâ‧pew

Noun

nâpêw anim (plural nâpêwak, locative nâpênâhk, diminutive nâpêsis, augmentative mistâpêw, Syllabics ᓈᐯᐤ)

1. man, male

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 17
• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 437
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316