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Cree
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English
Pronunciation
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en /kɹiː/
en iː 1
Etymology 1
From a phonetic rendering of en fr-CA Cris, short for Christinaux, from either en alq Kirishtinó, or en cr Kenisteniwuik.
Proper noun
An aboriginal nation of North America.
The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.
en Daniel W. Hieber Why I hate conlangs Linguistic Discovery https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ 2023-12-30 If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own. https://web.archive.org/web/20240524133211/https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/
Derived terms
en Swampy Cree Plains Cree
Descendants
ga Craís 1
Translations
an aboriginal nation of North America
Arabic: ar كْرِي m, ar كِرِي m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克里族 Kèlǐzú
Cree: no word common to all dialects, historically reconstructed *nêhiraw and *iriniw (man) are the sources of the decedents
Atikamekw: atj nêhirawisiw
Montagnais: moe ilnu, moe innu
Moose Cree: crm ililiw
Naskapi: nsk
Northern East Cree: crl iyiyiw p
Plains Cree: crk nêhiyaw
Southern East Cree: crj iyiniw
Swampy Cree: csw nêhinawak
Woods Cree: cwd nīhithawak p
Dutch: nl Cree
Esperanto: eo Krio
Finnish: fi cree p creet
French: fr cri
German: de Kri p, de Kri-Indianer p, de Cree p
Irish: ga Craíoch m
Japanese: ja クリー Kurī
Macedonian: mk кри n
Marathi: mr क्री
Ojibwe: oj omashkiigoo
Polish: pl Kri
Portuguese: pt cree m
Russian: ru кри
Spanish: es cree
Algonquian language spoken by this people
Arabic: ar كْرِي m, ar كِرِي f
Belarusian: be кры n
Breton: br kreeg
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克里語 Kèlǐyǔ
Cree:
Atikamekw: atj nehirâmowin
Montagnais: moe nehlueun (Western), moe ilnu-aimûn (Eastern), moe innu-aimûn (Western)
Moose Cree: crm ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ ililîmowin
Naskapi: nsk ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ iyuw iyimuun, nsk ᓇᔅᑲᐱ naskapi (referring to local dialect)
Northern East Cree: crl ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ
Plains Cree: crk nêhiyawêwin
Southern East Cree: crj ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ, crj ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
Swampy Cree: csw ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ ininîmowin Eastern, csw ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ nēhinawēwin Western
Woods Cree: cwd ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ nīhithawīwin
Czech: cs kríjština f
Dutch: nl Cree n
Esperanto: eo Kria lingvo
Faroese: fo kri n
Finnish: fi cree
French: fr cri m
Galician: gl lingua cree f
German: de Kri n, de Kri-Sprache f, de Cree n
Irish: ga Craís f
Japanese: ja クリー語 kurī-go
Latvian: lv krī valoda
Macedonian: mk кри n
Marathi: mr क्री f
Norwegian: no cree
Portuguese: pt cree m
Quechua: qu kri simi
Russian: ru кри m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh кријски језик m
Latin: sh krijski jezik m
Spanish: es cree m
Swedish: sv cree
Ukrainian: uk мо́ва крі́ f
Noun
s *
A member of this people.
Derived terms
Moose Cree
Descendants
ga Craíoch 1
Translations
Cree:
Plains Cree: crk nêhiyaw
German: de Kri m, de Kri-Indianer m
Irish: ga Craíoch m
See also
:Category:Cree language
en Knisteneaux
Etymology 2
River +
Proper noun
en river carea/Dumfries and Galloway cc/Scotland, which flows into the en Solway Firth and en Irish Sea.
Derived terms
en Creetown
Etymology 3
+ (surname)
Proper noun
en.
Further reading
1 cr cre
cre, a macrolanguage including:
crk Plains Cree
crm Moose Cree
cwd Woods Cree
csw Swampy Cree
crl Northern East Cree
crj Southern East Cree
Anagrams
en ceer cere
en Ethnonyms Languages Native American tribes