Inanimate Colours in Woodland Cree

Inanimate, describing the colour of a non-living thing. For example: The book is blue – masinahikan sīpihkwāw or sīpihkwāw masinahikan

For Animate Colours go here ⇒


black – kaskitīwāw


blue – sīpihkwāw


brown – wīskwastīwinākwan


green – askihtakwāw


grey – wāpitīwinākwan/kaskāpahtīwinākwan


orange – atōspīwinākwan


pink – wāpikwanīwinākwan


purple – sīpihkomiskwāw


red – mithkwāw / miskwāw


white – wāpiskāw


yellow – osāwāw


 

 

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