môswa

Fox

Alternative forms

  • môthwa

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Noun

môswa

  1. moose

Inflection

Inflection of môswa
Unpossessed Singular Noun Plural Noun
Proximate môswa môsôki
Obviative môsôni môsôhi
Vocative môswe môsotike
Local môsoki  
Possessed Singular Noun Plural Noun
Singular Possessive Plural Possessive Singular Possessive Plural Possessive
First person Proximate nemôsoma nemôsomenâna nemôsomaki nemôsomenânaki
Obviative nemôsomani nemôsomenânani nemôsomahi nemôsomenânahi
Vocative nemôsome nemôsomenâne nemôsometike nemôsomenânetike
Local nemôsomeki nemôsomenâneki    
First and second person Proximate   kemôsomenâna   kemôsomenânaki
Obviative   kemôsomenânani   kemôsomenânahi
Vocative   kemôsomenâne   kemôsomenânetike
Local   kemôsomenâneki    
Second person Proximate kemôsoma kemôsomwâwa kemôsomaki kemôsomwâwaki
Obviative kemôsomani kemôsomwâwani kemôsomahi kemôsomwâwahi
Vocative kemôsome kemôsomwâwe kemôsometike kemôsomwâwetike
Local kemôsomeki kemôsomwâweki    
Third person Obviative omôsomani omôsomwâwani omôsomahi omôsomwâwahi
Vocative omôsome omôsomwâwe omôsometike omôsomwâwetike
Local omôsomeki omôsomwâweki    
Indefinite Proximate omôsominawa   omôsominawaki  
Obviative omôsominawani   omôsominawahi  
Vocative omôsominawe   omôsominawetike  
Local omôsominaweki      


References

  • Gordon Whittaker, A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language, The Sac & Fox National Public Library, 2005
  • Goddard, Ives and Thomason, Lucy. A Meskwaki-English and English-Meskwaki Dictionary Based on Early Twentieth-Century Writings by Native Speakers. Petoskey, MI: Mundart Press, 2014.
  • Hewson, John (2017), “moᐧswa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moːˈsʷʌ]
  • Hyphenation: môs‧wa

Noun

môswa anim (plural môswak, augmentative misimôswa or mistimôswa, Syllabics ᒨᔁ)

  1. moose

Declension

Possessive inflection of môswa (stem: -môsw-)
singular plural
Indefinite môswa môswak
Singular First person nimôsw nimôswak
Second person kimôsw kimôswak
Third person omôswa omôswa
Obviative omôswiyiwa omôswiyiwa
Plural First person excl. nimôswinân nimôswinânak
incl. kimôswinaw kimôswinawak
Second person kimôswiwâw kimôswiwâwak
Third person omôswiwâwa omôswiwâwa
Obviative omôswiyiwa omôswiyiwa

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 437
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains‎[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 315
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