kinêpik

Plains Cree
Kinêpik.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *kene·pikwa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪ.neːˌpɪk]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧nê‧pik

Noun

kinêpik anim (plural kinêpikwak, Syllabics ᑭᓀᐱᐠ)

  1. snake

Declension
Possessive inflection of kinêpik (stem: -kinêpikw-)
singular plural
Indefinite kinêpik kinêpikwak
Singular First person nikinêpik nikinêpikwak
Second person kikinêpik kikinêpikwak
Third person okinêpikwa okinêpikwa
Obviative okinêpikiyiwa okinêpikiyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nikinêpikinân nikinêpikinânak
First person (incl.) kikinêpikinaw kikinêpikinawak
Second person kikinêpikiwâw kikinêpikiwâwak
Third person okinêpikiwâwa okinêpikiwâwa
Obviative okinêpikiyiwa okinêpikiyiwa

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 438
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 311
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