nouns-stems

Plains Cree noun stems

Wolvengrey types:

  • NI1 C-Initial Regular NI Stem : cîmân “canoe, boat”
  • NI1 V-Initial Regular NI Stem : astotin “hat, cap”
  • NI2 C-Initial VW NI Stem : mîkisasâkay “beaded coat, beaded dress”
  • NI2 V-Initial VW NI Stem : oskasâkay “new coat, new dress”
  • NI3 C-Initial Cw NI Stem : pahkêkinw: pahkêkinw “leather, rawhide”
  • NI3 V-Initial Cw NI Stem : askêkin: askêkinw “fresh rawhide”
  • NI4 C-Initial Single-Syllable NI Stem : wâw– “egg”
  • NI4 V-Initial Single-Syllable NI Stem : osk-ây– “new item, new thing”
  • NI4 V-Initial Single-Syllable irregular NI Stem : ôs– “canoe, boat”
  • NI4w C-Initial Single-Syllable-/w/ NI Stem : mihkw– “blood”
  • NA1 C-Initial Regular NA Stem : pahkwêsikan “bannock”
  • NA1 V-Initial Regular NA Stem : asikan “sock”
  • NA2 C-Initial V-Glide NA Stem : kihc-ôkiniy “tomato”
  • NA2 V-Initial V-Glide NA Stem : ayapiy “net”
  • NA3 C-Initial C-/w/ NA Stem : masinahikanâhtik: masinahikanâhtikw– “pencil”
  • NA3 V-Initial C-/w/ NA Stem : askihkw– “kettle, pail”
  • NA4 C-Initial Single-Syllable NA Stem : niska “goose” (and siht– “spruce”)
  • NA4 V-Initial Single-Syllable NA Stem : esa “clam; shell”
  • NA4w C-Initial Single-Syllable-/w/ NA Stem : wâhkwa: wâhkw “roe, fish eggs; lump of roe”
  • NA4w V-Initial Single-Syllable-/w/ NA Stem : ihkwa: ihkw “louse”

The stems

Animate and inanimate Nouns

STEMS adds an affixmark and redirects to STEMLIST

STEMLIST for nouns getting prefixes ni-, ki-, o-

DEP-KINTERMSSTEMS adds an affixmark and redirects to KINTERMLIST

DEP-KINTERMLIST for dependent nouns getting prefixes n-, k-, o-

-tânis: itânis AN_KININFL "daughter" ; !¢nicânis yaml -kosis: ikosis AN_KININFL "son" ; !¢nikosis

IN dependent nouns, which have no m-form(?) in Wolvengrey

DEP-M-INIT-STEMS adds an affixmark and redirects to DEP-M-LIST

DEP-M-LIST for dependent nouns getting prefixes n-, k-, o-, pluss generic form m-
maniway: aniway IN_DEP_INIT_M_SG "cheek" ; !yaml mîpit: îpit IN_DEP_INIT_M "tooth" ; !yaml