ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ
miyaasin
The Cree word for beautiful is ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ (miyaasin).
This adjective is used to describe something or someone that is attractive.
Meaning: attractive (adj)
How do you pronounce it?
miyaasin
Did you know?
- Cree categorizes the entire world into 'animate' and 'inanimate' groups. Using ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ requires the speaker to decide if the object of beauty possesses a spiritual life force, regardless of whether it is biologically alive.
- The syllabics used to write ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ were adapted from a system used for the Ojibwe language. This writing system uses rotated shapes to change the vowel sound of a consonant.
- Because Cree is polysynthetic, a speaker can add a few sounds to ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ to transform it from 'beautiful' to 'they are all beautiful' or 'it is very beautiful' without adding any separate words.
Examples in context
- ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ.miyaasin.She is beautiful.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a new painting.
- Aᑭᐣᐣ ᓂᐣᐅᓂᐣ ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ?kinn ninonin miyaasin?Do you think it is beautiful?
- Bᐌᐣᐣ, ᒥᔭᐋᓯᓐ ᐅᓇ.wenn, miyaasin ona.Yes, it is beautiful.
- Aᓂᐌᐣ ᓂᐣᐅᓂᐣ ᐌᐣᐣ.nin ninonin wenn.I think so too.
- Bᐣᐄ, ᓂᐌᐣ ᓂᐣᐅᓂᐣ.ni, nin ninonin.Yes, I agree.
