mitêh

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mete·hi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪˈteː]
• Hyphenation: mi‧têh

Noun

mitêh inan (plural mitêha, Syllabics ᒥᑌᐦ)

1. heart

Declension

Possessive inflection of mitêh (stem: -têh-)

		singular	plural
Indefinite		mitêh	mitêha
Singular	First person	nitêh	nitêha
	Second person	kitêh	kitêha
	Third person	otêh	otêha
	Obviative	otêhiyiw	otêhiyiwa
Plural	First person (excl.)	nitêhinân	nitêhinâna
	First person (incl.)	kitêhinaw	kitêhinawa
	Second person	kitêhiwâw	kitêhiwâwa
	Third person	otêhiwâw	otêhiwâwa
	Obviative	otêhiyiw	otêhiyiwa

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 15