môswa
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Plains Cree[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
môswa anim (plural môswak, augmentative misimôswa or mistimôswa, Syllabics ᒨᔁ)
Declension[edit]
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 |
| First person (incl.) | kimôswinaw | kimôswinawak | |
| Second person | kimôswiwâw | kimôswiwâwak | |
| Third person | omôswiwâwa | omôswiwâwa | |
| Obviative | omôswiyiwa | omôswiyiwa | |
References[edit]
- H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 315