miskwamiy

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mexkwamya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪs̠.kʷʌˌmij]
• Hyphenation: mis‧kwa‧miy

Noun

miskwamiy anim (plural miskwamiyak, diminutive miskwamîs, Syllabics ᒥᐢᑿᒥᕀ)

1. ice

Inflection

Possessive inflection of miskwamiy (stem: -miskwamiy-), animate

			singular	plural
Indefinite			miskwamiy	miskwamiyak
Singular	First person		nimiskwamiy	nimiskwamiyak
	Second person		kimiskwamiy	kimiskwamiyak
	Third person		omiskwamiya	omiskwamiya
	Obviative		omiskwamîyiwa	omiskwamîyiwa
Plural	First person	excl.	nimiskwamînân	nimiskwamînânak
		incl.	kimiskwamînaw	kimiskwamînawak
	Second person		kimiskwamîwâw	kimiskwamîwâwak
	Third person		omiskwamîwâwa	omiskwamîwâwa
	Obviative		omiskwamîyiwa	omiskwamîyiwa

References

• E. A. Watkins (1865), A dictionary of the Cree language as spoken by the Indians of the Hudson's Bay company's territories, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 275
• 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 314
• “miskwamiy”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary‎^[2], Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019