amisk

Plains Cree

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
		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 Institution, page 435
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018), Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307
• “amisk”, in itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary‎, Alberta Language Technology Lab, 2019