{"id":2675,"date":"2010-09-22T12:13:21","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T16:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T12:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:21:22","slug":"stem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/nouns\/stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Noun Stems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"pg-title\"><a name=\"top\"><\/a>Noun Stems<\/h1>\r\n<p>A noun stem is the core part of a noun that carries the basic meaning of the word. The singular form of a noun is considered to be its stem. Prefixes and\/or suffixes, called inflections, can be added to this stem.<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"btop bbottom bright bleft\" style=\"text-align: center;\">inflectional prefixes<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">+<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"btop bbottom bright bleft\" style=\"text-align: center;\">NOUN STEM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">+<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"btop bbottom bright bleft\" style=\"text-align: center;\">inflectional suffixes (noun endings)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Some noun stems are special: when the suffixes or prefixes attach to them some changes take place. In the Southern dialect, the changes affect:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Stems ending with a <a href=\"noun-stems-vowel-u\/\">vowel + u<\/a>\r\n<ul class=\"bullet-embed\">\r\n\t<li>Nouns stems ending with <a href=\"noun-stems-vowel-u\/#uu\">\u2013uu<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Noun stems ending with <a href=\"noun-stems-vowel-u\/#iw\">\u2013uu (iw)<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Noun Stems ending with <a href=\"noun-stems-vowel-u\/#eu\">-eu<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Stems ending with a <a href=\"noun-stems-vowel-i\/\">vowel + i<\/a>\r\n<ul class=\"bullet-embed\">\r\n\t<li>Noun Stems ending with <a href=\"noun-stems-vowel-i\/#ai\">\u2013ai<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Noun Stems ending with -ii<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Stems ending with a <a href=\"noun-stems-consonant-w\/\">consonant + w<\/a>\r\n<ul class=\"bullet-embed\">\r\n\t<li>Noun stems ending with a hidden <a href=\"noun-stems-consonant-w\/#u\">\u2013u<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Noun stems ending with <a href=\"noun-stems-consonant-w\/#kw\">-kw<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Stems ending in <a href=\"noun-stems-s\/\">consonant -s<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Stems starting with a <a href=\"..\/..\/pronouns\/personal-prefixes\/#vowel\">vowel<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>(For the notation used in these tables, see <a href=\"..\/noun-paradigms\/\">Noun Paradigms<\/a>.)<\/p>\r\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/nouns\/inflections-person-extended\/\">Extended stems<\/a><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"cite\" style=\"z-index: 2000000; display: none; position: fixed; top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\">\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 2000000; position: fixed; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 5000000; position: relative; margin: 10% auto; width: 800px; min-height: 200px; max-height: 600px; background-color: white; border-radius: 1em; padding: 1em 2em;\"><button class=\"closeButton close\" style=\"float: right; max-height: 14px;\" title=\"close\"><\/button>\r\n<table style=\"max-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">APA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Junker, M.-O., &amp; Blacksmith, L. (2013). <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Nouns (Southern Dialect).<\/span> [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[URL]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MLA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Marie-Odile Junker and Louise Blacksmith. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Nouns (Southern Dialect).<\/span> [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2013. 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