tapwe ??? IPC True; truly; for sure; certainly, really. (
A collection of useful phrases in
Cree, an Algonquin language spoken mainly in Canada.
Useful phrases in Cree.
| Phrase | ??????? / Nēhiyawēwin (Cree) |
|---|
| Good night | |
| Goodbye (Parting phrases) | ??? (Ikosi) ???? ???? ?????? (Kitiwam asimina kawapamitan) (I will see you again) |
| Good luck! | |
tansi (pronounced tahn-sih) is a friendly greeting. mahti (pronounced mah-tih) means "please"
Hello Sekoh Say-koh Goodbye Onen ki' wahi Oh-nen-kee-wah-hee Thank you Niá:wen Nee-ah-way How are you?
It comes from the Ojibway word neechie, or neechi, -- which means friend and is also often used as slang for a First Nations person. For example, I am a neechie, and you are my neechie, too, if you buy me a coffee.
Means Thanks! International Interest
Astum means come here or come. Peemootee means walk.
Kaya/Palya/Yaama: Kaya means hello in the Noongar language. Palya is a Pintupi language word used as a greeting much in the same way that two friends would say hello in English while Yaama is a Gamilaraay language word for hello used in Northern NSW.
Yes-or-no questions are questions to which the answer may be 'yes' or 'no. ' In Cree, yes-or-no questions are formed from statements by placing the word in question at the beginning of the sentence, and then putting na after the word (sentences 1 to 3).
A collection of useful phrases in
Cree, an Algonquin language spoken mainly in Canada.
Useful phrases in Cree.
| Phrase | ??????? / Nēhiyawēwin (Cree) |
|---|
| I miss you | |
| I love you | |
| Get well soon | |
| Go away! | ????! (awas!) |
Season 1 Cree Words
| Episode 101 - Greetings |
|---|
| Episode 104 - Family |
| Mother | Nikawi |
| Father | Nohtawi |
| Grandmother | Nohkom or Kokum |
The Cree language (also known in the most broad classification as Cree-Montagnais, Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi, to show the groups included within it) is the name for a group of closely related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories to Labrador.
wolf; grey wolf, timber wolf
- Parent word: mahihkan.
- Source: Cree: Words, Arok Wolvengrey.
- Word Category: Animals - Wild.
- Related words: mahihkan.
Hippopotamus in Cree: Solomon Ratt (y-dialect)
miyo-manitowi-kîsikanisi! Have a Merry Christmas! To more than one person: miyo-manitowi-kîsikanisik!
Come in -- Pihtokwe (beeh-do-kwe) Thank-you -- Ay ay or Hai, Hai (Hi-hi) It is good -- miywâsin (Mee-wa-sin) It was beautiful/nice ? kîmiyosiw (kee-mee-yo-soo)
(By the way, to say “I love you” in Cree, it's kisâkihitin – gi-SAH-gih-tin.
A user from Mexico says the name Mushum is of Spanish origin and means "Ancestros".
Noun. kookum (plural kookums) grandmother (among the Cree people) quotations ?
The keeper of the lodge fire is iskwew (iskwêw 'woman'). Iskwewak (iskwêwak, plural) are the givers of life which is why the second root word in iskotew comes from the Cree word for heart.
OLDER SISTER
- nimis – my older sister (ni-MIS)
- kimis – your older sister (ki-MIS)
OLDER BROTHER
- nistês – my older brother (ni-STAYS)
- kistês – your older brother (ki-STAYS)
