opîtatowêw

== Plains Cree == === Alternative forms === pîtâtowêw === Etymology === From o- (“his/hers [possessive]”) +‎ pîtos (“different”) +‎ -towêw (“he/she speaks”). Compare piskihtowêw (“he/she speaks a different language”), patowêw (“he/she says the wrong thing”), onatowêw (“Iroquois”), pwâtowêw (“Sioux”), compare also Swampy Cree omiyakwes, with the same meaning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌopiːˈtatoˌweːw/ === Noun === opîtatowêw anim (plural opîtatowewak, Syllabics ᐅᐲᑕᑐᐍᐤ) an allophone, a non-indigenous person in Canada who speaks neither English or French as their mother tongue (particularly) a Ukrainian person ==== Related terms ==== okistapowak (“squaters”), also used to refer to Ukrainians and continental Europeans in Canada. apotasâkwak (“inside out coats”), referring to the кожушанка (kožušanka) or sheepskin coats worn by newly-arrived Ukrainian immigrants at the end of the nineteenth century. ==== References ==== opîtatowêw in the Online Cree Dictionary