mîciwin
Plains Cree
Etymology
From mîci (“to eat”) + -win.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmiː.t͡sɪˌwɪn]
- Hyphenation: mî‧ci‧win
Noun
mîciwin inan (plural mîciwina, Syllabics ᒦᒋᐏᐣ)
- food
References
- H. C. Wolfart (1973), “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, issue 5, Philadelphia, page 72
- H. C. Wolfart (1996), “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 399
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 315