Note 367 — PART IV. LINGUISTIC. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Chipeway: inawema, I am his relative, or, his friend.
Cree: ijinákusiw, he has such an appearance. This particle of similarity is considered by Howse to be “one of the four primary generic nouns” of the Algonkin language. Grammar of the Cree Language, p. 135.