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Plains Cree pisiw (“lynx, bobcat”), Northern East Cree ᐱᔑᐤ (pishiw, “lynx”), Southern East Cree ᐱᔔ (pishoo, “lynx”), Moose Cree ᐱᔑᐤ (“lynx”), Swampy Cree ᐱᔑᐤ (“lynx”), Montagnais pishu, Atikamekw piciw, Miami pinšiwa (“bobcat; housecat”), Fox peshiwa (“bobcat”), Ojibwe bizhiw (“lynx”), Algonquin pijiw, Ottawa bzhiw, Potawatomi bzhew, Menominee pesēw (“bobcat, lynx”), Kickapoo pesia, Shawnee pesiwa, Abenaki bezo (“bobcat”) and bezois (“housecat”), Penobscot pə̀so (“bobcat, lynx”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy posu (“bobcat”), Massachusett pussoúgh (“wildcat”), Unami pushis (“housecat”), Loup A pesȣȣis.

Possibly with Cheyenne póéso (“cat”) and Yurok puesee (“cat”).

This is a class 1 stem, meaning that it does not carry an inherent accent in its structure. Its accent, however, is realised in two different ways:

1. With a high-falling tone in the last syllable when isolated;
2. Varies depending on the surrounding morphemes in a compound.