kôhkom
The Cree word for grandmother is kôhkom.
kôhkom is a noun used to refer to the mother of one's parent.
Meaning: mother of someone's parent (noun)
Did you know?
- The word kôhkom belongs to a language family that uses an animacy system rather than gender, meaning it is categorized as 'animate' rather than 'feminine'.
- Cree is a polysynthetic language, meaning that kôhkom can be modified with prefixes and suffixes to change its meaning into a whole sentence.
- When addressing an elder woman in a community, using the specific term kôhkom can be a way of showing respect even if she is not your biological grandmother.
Examples in context
- kôhkom niʔkôhkom niʔShe is my grandmother.
Example conversation
Two people are looking at a family photograph.
- Aᐊᔭᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ kôhkom ᓂᐣᐣᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ?aya mâna kôhkom nîna mâna?Is this your grandmother?
- Bᐁᐣ, ᓂᐣᐣᐣ kôhkom ᓂᐣᐣᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ.ēn, nîna kôhkom nîna mâna.Yes, this is my grandmother.
- Aᓂᐣᐣᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ ᓂᐣᐣᐣ?nîna mâna mâna nîna?Where does she live?
- Bᓂᐣᐣᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ ᓂᐣᐣᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ ᒫᐣᐣᐣ.nîna mâna nîna mâna mâna.She lives in the city.
