pahkwêsikan

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʌhˈkʷeː.sɪkˌkʌn]
• Hyphenation: pahk‧wê‧si‧kan

Noun

pahkwêsikan anim (plural pahkwêsikanak, diminutive pahkwêsikanis, Syllabics ᐸᐦᑵᓯᑲᐣ)

1. bannock (fried bread)

Inflection

Possessive inflection of pahkwêsikan (stem: -pahkwêsikan-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		pahkwêsikan	pahkwêsikanak
Singular	First person	nipahkwêsikanim	nipahkwêsikanimak
	Second person	kipahkwêsikanim	kipahkwêsikanimak
	Third person	opahkwêsikanima	opahkwêsikanima
	Obviative	opahkwêsikanimiyiwa	opahkwêsikanimiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nipahkwêsikaniminân	nipahkwêsikaniminânak
	First person (incl.)	kipahkwêsikaniminaw	kipahkwêsikaniminawak
	Second person	kipahkwêsikanimiwâw	kipahkwêsikanimiwâwak
	Third person	opahkwêsikanimiwâwa	opahkwêsikanimiwâwa
	Obviative	opahkwêsikanimiyiwa	opahkwêsikanimiyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 435
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 318