oyâkan

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wera·kani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊ.jɑːˌkʌn]
• Hyphenation: o‧yâ‧kan

Noun

oyâkan inan (plural oyâkana, diminutive oyâkanis, Syllabics ᐅᔮᑲᐣ)

1. dish, bowl

Declension

Possessive inflection of oyâkan (stem: -oyâkan-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		oyâkan	oyâkana
Singular	First person	nitoyâkan	nitoyâkana
	Second person	kitoyâkan	kitoyâkana
	Third person	otoyâkan	otoyâkana
	Obviative	otoyâkaniyiw	otoyâkaniyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitoyâkaninân	nitoyâkaninâna
	First person (incl.)	kitoyâkaninaw	kitoyâkaninawa
	Second person	kitoyâkaniwâw	kitoyâkaniwâwa
	Third person	otoyâkaniwâw	otoyâkaniwâwa
	Obviative	otoyâkaniyiw	otoyâkaniyiwa

References

• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 318