Derived Nouns

Participles (Nominalization) starting with kaa-

Observation

	ᐱᒥᐦᔮᐤ			ᑳᐱᒥᐦᔮᑦ
	pimihyaau			kaa-pimihyaa-t
	it flies			pilot

The noun for pilot in the Inland dialect is made from the stem of the verb ᐱᒥᐦᔮᐤ pimihyaau it flies with the preform kaa- and the conjunct ending -t. This is the way nouns for professions and machines can be created. They are indicated as Noun Animate Participle (nap), or Noun Inanimate Participle (nip) in the Cree dictionary.

Intransitive Verb		Participle
	ᓰᓂᐹᑕᐦᐄᒉᐸᔫ		ᑳᓰᓂᐹᑕᐦᐄᒉᐸᔨᒡ
	siinipaatahiichepayuu		kaasiinipaatahiichepayich
	it wrings		wringer on washing machine
	ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐦᑐᐧᐄᐸᔫ		ᑳᐃᔅᐧᑳᐦᑐᐧᐄᐸᔨᒡ
	iswkaahtawiipayuu		kaaiskwaahtuwiipayich
	it goes up		elevator
	ᒫᑯᓇᐧᐁᓰᐤ		ᑳᒫᑯᓇᐧᐁᓯᑦ
	maakunawesiiu		kaamaakunawesi-t (I)
	he is a policeman		policeman (I)
	ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐤ		ᑳᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᑦ
	chiskutamaacheu		kaachiskutamaachet
	he teaches		teacher

When adding possession inflection the kaa- is usually dropped. A few Inland speakers keep it.

Participle		Possessed Participle
	ᑳᒫᑯᓇᐧᐁᓯᑦ		ᓂᑳᒫᑯᓇᐧᐁᓰᒻ
	kaamaakunawesit (I)		ni-kaamaakunawesi-im (I)
	policeman		my policeman
			ᓂᒫᑯᓇᐧᐁᓰᒻ
			ni-maakunawesi-im (C)
			my policeman