kisêyiniw

Plains Cree

Etymology

From kisê- (“great”) +‎ iyiniw (“Indian”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɪˈseː.jɪˌniw]
Hyphenation: ki‧sê‧yi‧niw

Noun

kisêyiniw anim (plural kisêyiniwak, Syllabics ᑭᓭᔨᓂᐤ)

old man

References

H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 31
H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437

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