Nouns: Inflectional Distinctions (Southern dialect)

Nouns in East Cree appear in various forms. This page is about
Diminutive Nouns. Back to the main Nouns page.

Diminutive

Observation:

ᒨᐦᑯᒫᓐ		muuhkumaan	‘a knife’
ᒨᐦᑯᒫᓂᔥ		muuhkumaanish	‘a little knife’

To say that something is small, the suffix -ish can be
added to a noun.

ᑌᐦᑕᐴᓐ		tehtapuun	‘a chair’
ᑌᐦᑕᐴᓂᔥ		tehtapuunish	‘a little chair’
ᒥᑎᐦᒌ		mitihchii	‘a hand’
ᒥᑎᐦᒌᔥ		mitihchiish	‘a little hand’
ᐊᑎᒻ		atim	‘a dog’
ᐊᑎᒧᔥ		atimush	‘a little dog’

For words that contain a -t-, the -t- sometimes becomes -ch-:

ᐊᑎᒻ		atim	‘a dog’
ᐊᒋᒧᔥ		achimush	‘a little dog’

For More :
– See Other Diminutives
– See Stem Shapes

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