amisk

Plains Cree

Amisk.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ameθkwa. Cognates include Ojibwe amik and Potawatomi mek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌˈmɪsk]
• Hyphenation: a‧misk

Noun

amisk anim (plural amiskwak, Syllabics ᐊᒥᐢᐠ)

1. beaver

Declension

Possessive inflection of amisk (stem: -amiskw-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		amisk	amiskwak
Singular	First person	nitamiskom	nitamiskomak
	Second person	kitamiskom	kitamiskomak
	Third person	otamiskoma	otamiskoma
	Obviative	otamiskomiyiwa	otamiskomiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitamiskominân	nitamiskominânak
	First person (incl.)	kitamiskominaw	kitamiskominawak
	Second person	kitamiskomiwâw	kitamiskomiwâwak
	Third person	otamiskomiwâwa	otamiskomiwâwa
	Obviative	otamiskomiyiwa	otamiskomiyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 435
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307