Nouns with Vocative inflection

Observation

ᓂᒧᔔᒻ		nimushuum	my grandfather
ᓂᒧᔔ		nimushuu	(my) grandfather!
ᓂᒧᔔᒥᑎᒄ		nimushuumitikw	(my) grandfathers!

When one speaks to someone and addresses them, there is a special suffix -itikw that shows up in the plural. In the singular, the end of the word can change. This is called vocative and it is not used much anymore by younger speakers.

ᓅᐦᑯᒻ		nuuhkum	my grandmother
ᓅᐦᑰ		nuuhkuu	grandmother!
ᓅᐦᑯᒥᑎᒄ		nuuhkumitikw	grandmothers!
ᓅᐦᑖᐧᐄ		nuuhtaawii	my father
ᓅᐦᑖ		nuuhtaa	father!
ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᒫᐅᑎᒄ		uuhtaawiimaautikw	fathers!
ᓂᑳᐧᐄ		nikaawii	my mother
ᓈᑳ		naakaa	mother!
ᐅᑳᐧᐄᒫᐅᑎᒄ		ukaawiimaautikw	mothers!