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  1. wâpamêw

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    VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
    1. s/he sees s.o., s/he beholds s.o. CW
    2. s/he recognizes s.o. CW
    3. s/he witnesses s.o., s/he observes s.o., s/he bears witness to s.o.'s existence CW
    4. s/he meets s.o., s/he encounters s.o. CW
    5. He sees him AECD MD
    1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-am/-1
  2. ohci

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. from, from there, thence, out of CW
    2. with, by means of, for the purpose of CW
    3. because of, for that reason CW
    4. for CW MD
    5. from then, from that point in time CW
    6. about CW
    7. From MD
    8. Out of MD
    1. Word components: /oht-/ , /-i/
  3. êkwa

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. and, also CW MD
    2. then CW
    3. now CW
    4. let's go! CW
    1. Word components: êkwa
  4. anohc

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    N   Naming word
    1. Today MD
    2. Presently MD
    3. Now MD
    1. anohc

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. now, today, at this time CW
      2. today AECD
      1. Word components: anohc
    2. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-   📖
      1. go and, go to CW
      2. engaged in CW
      1. Word components: /nitaw-/ , /-i/
    3. kiskinwahamâkosiw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he learns CW
      2. s/he is a student, s/he attends school CW
      3. s/he is taught CW
      4. He is being taught MD
      5. He is learning MD
      6. He is going to school MD
      1. Word components: /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ikosi/ ( /-ikw-/, /-isi/ )
    4. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
      1. stop, terminate, quit, cease CW
      2. after CW
      1. Word components: /pôn-/ , /-i/
    5. mîcisow

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he eats, s/he has a meal CW
      2. it feeds (e.g. bird) CW
      3. it chews its cud (e.g. ruminant), it grazes CW
      4. s/he has a food supply, s/he subsists CW
      5. s/he has a ritual meal, s/he partakes of a feast CW
      6. You eat MD
      7. He eats AECD MD
      8. I had eaten MD
      1. Word components: mîciso-
    6. nisto

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. three, 3 CW
      2. three AECD
      1. Word components: nisto ( /nistw-/, /-i/-1 )
    7. nipâk

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      1. (you all) sleep now, (you all) be asleep now 🤖CW
      2. (you all) sleep now 🤖MD
      3. (you all) be sleeping now 🤖AECD
      4. All of you sleep MD
      1. Word components: nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 )

      form of nipâw


      nipâw
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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he sleeps, s/he is asleep CW
      2. He sleeps MD
      3. s/he is sleeping AECD
    8. nipâw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he sleeps, s/he is asleep CW
      2. He sleeps MD
      3. s/he is sleeping AECD
      1. Word components: nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 )
    9. wâpahtam

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      VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
      1. s/he sees s.t., s/he witnesses s.t. CW
      2. s/he encounters s.t. CW
      3. s/he has a vision CW
      4. He sees it AECD MD
      1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-aht/-2
    10. pêyak

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. one, 1 CW
      2. alone, single, a single one CW
      3. the only one CW
      4. a certain one CW
      5. one AECD
      1. Word components: /pêyakw-/
    11. ayâw

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      VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: kisihtâw   📖
      1. s/he has s.t., s/he owns s.t. CW
      2. s/he has s.t. on CW
      3. He owns: MD
      4. He has MD
      1. Word components: ay- , /-â/-3
    12. ayâw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he is, s/he is there, s/he is located there CW
      2. s/he lives there, s/he stays there CW
      3. s/he exists CW
      4. He is here/there MD
      5. He stays MD
      1. Word components: ayâ- ( /ay-/-1, /-â/-2 )
    13. ôma

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. it is (this), it is the case CW
      2. the fact that CW
      3. then CW
      4. when CW
      5. as it is, actually, indeed [focus marker] CW
      1. Word components: /aw-/ , {-ima}
    14. atamiskawêw

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      VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: nitonawêw   📖
      1. s/he greets s.o., s/he sends greetings to s.o. CW
      2. s/he says hello to s.o. CW
      3. s/he shakes hands with s.o. CW
      4. s/he hugs s.o. in greeting, s/he kisses s.o. in greeting CW
      5. s/he bids s.o. farewell CW
      6. He shook hands with him or them MD
      1. Word components: /atam-/ , /-skaw/-1
    15. ayâw

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      VTA 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽  
      1. s/he has it on AECD
      2. s/he is at a certain place AECD
      1. nôhtêpayiw

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        VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
        1. s/he runs short of something, i.e.: money or sugar AECD
        1. nôhkom

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          NDA-1 👤🧑🏽   like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-)   📖
          1. my grandmother, my grandma CW
          2. my respected female elder CW
          3. My grandmother AECD MD
          4. my grandma AECD
          5. my granny or my grannie AECD
          6. my great-aunt AECD
          1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkom-
        2. Morph-pro  
          1. 3rd person; nominals MC
          2. 3rd person; h- and ht- preterite verbs MC
          3. 3rd person; AI,TI agentive nominalizations, with -w MC
          1. Morph-medial  
            1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
            2. eye, vision MC
            1. otôskwanihk

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              INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
              1. Calgary, AB [lit: "at the elbow; at his/her elbow" in reference to an elbow of the Bow River] CW
              2. the Cree name for the city of Calgary means "at the elbow" AECD
              1. Word components: {o-}-5 , -tôskwan- , {-ihk}-2
            2. Morph-final  
              1. Abstract final; II verbs MC
              1. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
                1. has been, had done CW
                2. every time s/he has been, every time s/he has done [grammatical preverb: "past, completive, perfective"; changed Conj / iterative of kî(h)- "past"] CW
                1. Word components: {kâh-}
              2. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
                1. ongoing, continuing [grammatical preverb: durative, continuative] CW
                1. Word components: {Ca-}
              3. amiskwaciy-wâskahikan

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                NA 🧑🏽  
                1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
                1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                  1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
                  1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
                2. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
                  1. intermittent, repeatedly CW
                  2. again and again CW
                  3. here and there [grammatical preverb: frequentative, augmentative, distributive] CW
                  1. Word components: {Câh-}
                3. Morph-R  
                  1. wait, lie in wait, waylay, guard against [also: /asw-/] WMDD
                  1. Morph-NA-1  
                    1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] WMDD
                    1. nîsiwak

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                      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                      1. they are two in number, they are two together CW
                      2. they are both CW
                      3. there are two of them AECD
                      4. the two of them went together AECD
                      1. Word components: /nîs-/ , /-i/