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
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-