nêhiyawêwin
Plains Cree
Etymology
From nêhiyawê (“to speak in Cree”) + -win.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌneː.hɪˈjʌ.weːˌwɪn]
- Hyphenation: nê‧hi‧ya‧wê‧win
Noun
nêhiyawêwin inan (no plural, Syllabics ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ)
- Cree (language)
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- H. C. Wolfart (1973), “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, issue 5, Philadelphia, page 23
- 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 316