{"id":4382,"date":"2011-06-01T07:16:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T11:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:33:53","slug":"noun-stems-consonant-w","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/nouns\/stem\/noun-stems-consonant-w\/","title":{"rendered":"consonant + w"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"pg-title\"><a name=\"top\"><\/a>Noun Stems ending with a consonant + <em>w<\/em><\/h1>\r\n<ul><li>Nouns ending with a <a href=\"#u\">soft or hidden <em>-u<\/em> (<em>-w<\/em>)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Nouns ending with <a href=\"#kw\"><em>-kw<\/em><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"head\"><a name=\"u\"><\/a>Nouns ending with a soft or hidden <em>-u<\/em> (<em>-w<\/em>)<\/h3>\r\n<p>Some nouns have an <span class=\"crt\"><strong>-u<\/strong><\/span> that appears in some endings, instead of an <span class=\"crt\"><strong>-i<\/strong><\/span>. This is because their stem has a very soft <span class=\"crt\"><strong>-u<\/strong><\/span> which is not heard, nor written in the singular.<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\"><\/table><! -- Added \"fake\" first table to force real first table to left-align. - KM -->\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\"><caption><span class=\"bjct\">\u14a8\u1505<\/span> <span class=\"crex\">muus(w)<\/span> (na) <span class=\"glosst\">moose<\/span><\/caption>\r\n<tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center; width: 60px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right; width: 110px;\">\u14a8\u1505<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S48a.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">muus<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a8\u14f1\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S48b.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">muus<strong>uch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3&#8242; \/ 3&#8217;p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a8\u14f1\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S48c.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">muus<strong>uh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">LOC<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a8\u14f1\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S48d.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">muus<strong>uhch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">DIM<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a8\u1513\u1525<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">muush<strong>ush<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">POSS<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a8\u14f1\u14bb<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>muus<strong>um<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table class=\"clear med-table\"><caption><span class=\"bjct\">\u140a\u144e\u14bb<\/span> <span class=\"crex\">atim<\/span>(w) (na) <span class=\"glosst\">dog<\/span><\/caption>\r\n<tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center; width: 60px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right; width: 110px;\">\u140a\u144e\u14bb<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S47a.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">atim<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u144e\u14a7\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S47b.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">atim<strong>uch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3&#8242; \/ 3&#8217;p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u144e\u14bb<strong>\u1426<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S47c.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">atim<strong>h<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">LOC<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u144e\u14a7\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S47d.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">atim<strong>uhch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">DIM<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u144e\u14a7\u1525<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong> <\/strong>atim<strong>ush<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>The possessive form of <span class=\"bjct\">\u140a\u144e\u14bb<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">atim<\/span> uses another stem: <span class=\"bjct\">\u1405<\/span>\u144c<span class=\"bjct\">\u14bb\u1426<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">utemh<\/span> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/word-formation\/\">word formation<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\"><a name=\"kw\"><\/a>Nouns ending with <em>-kw<\/em><\/h3>\r\n<p>These nouns have an <span class=\"crt\"><strong>-u<\/strong><\/span> that appears in the endings, instead of an <span class=\"crt\"><strong>-i<\/strong><\/span>. The <span class=\"crt\">-w<\/span> of the stem ending <span class=\"crt\">-kw<\/span> turns into a <span class=\"crt\">-u<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\"><caption><span class=\"bjct\">\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u1484<\/span> <span class=\"crex\">mishtikw<\/span> (na) <span class=\"glosst\">tree<\/span><\/caption>\r\n<tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center; width: 60px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right; width: 110px;\">\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u1484<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S51a.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mishtikw<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u146f\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S51b.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mishtik<strong>uch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3&#8242; \/ 3&#8217;p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u1484\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S51c.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mishtik<strong>uh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">LOC<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u146f\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S51d.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mishtik<strong>uhch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">DIM<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1525\u148b\u146f\u1525<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mishchik<strong>ush<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">POSS<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u146f\u14bb<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>mishtik<strong>um<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table class=\"clear med-table\"><caption><span class=\"bjct\">\u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u1484<\/span> <span class=\"crex\">utaapaanaaskw<\/span> (na) <span class=\"glosst\">sled<\/span><\/caption>\r\n<tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center; width: 60px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right; width: 110px;\">\u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u1484<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S49a.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">utaapaanaaskw<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u146f\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S49b.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">utaapaanaask<strong>uch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">3&#8242; \/ 3&#8217;p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u146f\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S49c.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">utaapaanaask<strong>uh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">LOC<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u146f\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S49d.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">utaapaanaask<strong>uhch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">DIM<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u146f\u1525<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">utaapaanaask<strong>ush<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">POSS<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u1484<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>nu<\/strong>utaapaanaaskw<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table class=\"clear med-table\"><caption><span class=\"bjct\">\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/span> <span class=\"crex\">miichisuunaahtikw<\/span> (ni) <span class=\"glosst\">table<\/span><\/caption>\r\n<tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center; width: 60px;\">0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right; width: 110px;\">\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S52a.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">miichisuunaahtikw<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">0p \/ 0&#8217;p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u146f\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S52b.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">miichisuunaahtik<strong>uh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">0&#8242;<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u146f\u152b<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S52c.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">miichisuunaahtik<strong>uyuu<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">LOC<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u146f\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SNo-Stem\/S52d.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">miichisuunaahtik<strong>uhch<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">DIM<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u146f\u1525<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong> <\/strong>miichisuunaahtik<strong>ush<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\">POSS<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u14c8\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>miichisuunaahtikw<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div id=\"cite\" style=\"z-index: 2000000; 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(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><tr><td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><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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