pîsim

Plains Cree

Pîsim (1).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piːˈsɪm]
• Hyphenation: pî‧sim

Noun

pîsim anim (plural pîsimwak, Syllabics ᐲᓯᒼ)

1. sun, moon
2. month

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 22
• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 398
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 320