asiskiy
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ašiškiwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʌ.sɪsˌkij]
- Hyphenation: a‧sis‧kiy
Noun
asiskiy inan (plural asiskiya, locative asiskîhk, diminutive asiskîs, Syllabics ᐊᓯᐢᑭᕀ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | asiskiy | asiskiya | ||
| Singular | First person | nitasiskiy | nitasiskiya | |
| Second person | kitasiskiy | kitasiskiya | ||
| Third person | otasiskiy | otasiskiya | ||
| Obviative | otasiskîyiw | otasiskîyiwa | ||
| Plural | First person | excl. | nitasiskînân | nitasiskînâna |
| incl. | kitasiskînaw | kitasiskînawa | ||
| Second person | kitasiskîwâw | kitasiskîwâwa | ||
| Third person | otasiskîwâw | otasiskîwâwa | ||
| Obviative | otasiskîyiw | otasiskîyiwa | ||
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 438
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307
- “asiskiy”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary[2], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019