micihciy

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *meθentyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪ.t͡sɪhˌt͡sij]
• Hyphenation: mi‧cih‧ciy

Noun

micihciy inan (plural micihciya, Syllabics ᒥᒋᐦᒋᐩ)

1. hand

Declension

Possessive inflection of micihciy (stem: -cihciy-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		micihciy	micihciya
Singular	First person	nicihciy	nicihciya
	Second person	kicihciy	kicihciya
	Third person	ocihciy	ocihciya
	Obviative	ocihciyiyiw	ocihciyiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nicihciyinân	nicihciyinâna
	First person (incl.)	kicihciyinaw	kicihciyinawa
	Second person	kicihciyiwâw	kicihciyiwâwa
	Third person	ocihciyiwâw	ocihciyiwâwa
	Obviative	ocihciyiyiw	ocihciyiyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 15
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313