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  1. Morph-NI-1-final  
    1. berry; bead WMDD
    1. Morph-medial  
      1. berry; bead [cf. /-min/, mînis-] WMDD
      2. granular item, berry; cf. mînis MC
      1. Morph-R  
        1. drink, ?? refresh [cf. minah-; minihkwê-] WMDD
        1. Morph-NI-1-final  
          1. berry [possibly referring to a collective, bunch, etc.] WMDD
          1. Morph-medial  
            1. bead [cf. mîkis-] WMDD
            1. Morph-NDA-1  
              1. younger sibling [cf. -sîm(is)-] WMDD
              1. Morph-NI-4  
                1. puss [sC; cf. miý-] WMDD
                1. Morph-NA-1-final  
                  1. corn [cf. mahtâmin- NA-1] WMDD
                  1. amiskomin

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                    NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                    1. black currant CW
                    2. yellow blackberry [lit: "beaver-berry"] CW
                    1. Word components: amiskw- , /-min/
                  2. acikâsimin

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                    NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                    1. evergreen berry CW
                    2. kinnikinnick berry, ground cedar berry, partridge berry CW
                    1. Word components: /acikâs-/ , /-min/
                  3. akahkwayimin

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                    NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                    1. spiral shell CW
                    1. Word components: akahkway- , /-min/
                  4. acimomêyisimin

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                    NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                    1. cactus berry, red berry from a cactus [lit: "little dog feces berry"] CW
                    1. Word components: atimw- , /-i/-1 , mêy- , /-is/ , /-min/
                  5. 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
                  6. 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/
                  7. mîciw

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                    VTI-3 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: mîciw   📖
                    1. s/he eats s.t., s/he has s.t. as food CW
                    2. He eats it MD
                    3. s/he eats it or consumes it AECD
                    4. s/he munches it AECD
                    1. Word components: mîci-
                  8. 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
                  9. kîsikâw

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                    NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
                    1. day, daylight CW
                    2. day sky CW
                    3. Day MD
                    1. Word components: /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
                  10. kîsikâw

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                    VII-1v 💧➡️   like: kîsikâw   📖
                    1. it is day, it is daylight CW
                    2. it is daybreak CW
                    3. It is day MD
                    1. Word components: /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1
                  11. nisto

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

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                    NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                    1. star, little star CW
                    2. A star AECD MD
                    1. Word components: atâhkw- , /-is/
                  13. nipâtân

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                    1. let you and us sleep now, let you and us be asleep now 🤖CW
                    2. let you and us sleep now 🤖MD
                    3. let you and us be sleeping now 🤖AECD
                    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
                  14. âcimow

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                    VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                    1. s/he tells, s/he tells a story CW
                    2. s/he tells news, s/he gives an account, s/he makes a report, s/he informs, s/he narrates CW
                    3. s/he tells his/her own story CW
                    4. He told a story MD
                    1. Word components: âcimo- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1, /-o/ )
                  15. 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-
                  16. ispîhk

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                    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                    1. then, at such a time CW
                    2. when CW
                    3. until CW
                    1. Word components: ispîhk
                  17. nisto

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                    N   Naming word
                    1. Three MD
                    1. 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
                    2. 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 )
                    3. nipâ

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                      1. (you) sleep now, (you) be asleep now 🤖CW
                      2. (you) sleep now 🤖MD
                      3. (you) be sleeping now 🤖AECD
                      4. Sleep MD
                      5. Kill him 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
                    4. nôhtêpayiw

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                      VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
                      1. s/he runs short of something, i.e.: money or sugar AECD
                      1. 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 )
                      2. 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}
                      3. âcimêw

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                        VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
                        1. s/he tells about s.o., s/he talks about s.o., s/he narrates about s.o. CW
                        2. s/he tells s.o., s/he tells things to s.o. CW
                        3. He is telling a story about him MD
                        1. Word components: âcim- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1 )
                      4. 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-
                      5. wâpiw

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                        VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
                        1. s/he sees AECD
                        1. minôsis

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                          NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                          1. kitten, little cat CW
                          2. A kitten AECD MD
                          1. Word components: "minou" , /-isis/
                        2. nîso-kîsikâw

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                          IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                          1. two days, for two days CW
                          1. Word components: /nîsw-/ , /-i/ , /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
                        3. 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
                        4. 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. pimitâcimow

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                            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                            1. s/he crawls about, s/he crawls around, s/he creeps CW
                            2. He crawls MD
                            1. Word components: /pim-/ , /-tâcimo/
                          2. êkwatik

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                            IPJ   like: hay hay
                            1. okay now!, let's go! CW
                            1. Word components: êkwa , {-itik}
                          3. kwâskwêpayihôs

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                            NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                            1. mule deer [lit: "jumper; leaper"; Lat. Odocoileus hemionus hemionus] CW
                            1. Word components: /kwâskwê-/ , /-paýiho/ ( /-paýi/, /-h/, /-o/ ) , /-w/-1 , /-is/
                          4. kotiskâwêw

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                            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                            1. s/he races, s/he is in a race CW
                            2. it gallops CW
                            3. He is in full gallop MD
                            1. Word components: kotiskâwê-
                          5. asawâpamêw

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                            VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
                            1. s/he looks out for s.o., s/he watches for s.o., s/he waits and watches for s.o., s/he lies in wait for s.o., s/he awaits s.o., s/he expects s.o. CW
                            2. He is on the look-out for him MD
                            1. Word components: /asaw-/ , /-âpam/ ( /-âp-/, /-am/-1 )
                          6. mâci-nipâw

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                            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                            1. s/he starts sleeping CW
                            1. Word components: /mât-/-1 , /-i/-1 , nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 )
                          7. 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-}
                          8. Morph-aff  
                            1. inanimate plural; pronominals MC
                            2. obviative; pronominals MC
                            1. Morph-aff  
                              1. simple locative; nominals, particles MC
                              1. Morph-final  
                                1. instrument; AI, TI nominalizations MC
                                2. instrument; AI/TI>Nominal MC
                                3. Referent associated with verb; TA / TI / TA > Nominal MC
                                1. Morph-aff  
                                  1. animate plural; pronominals MC
                                  1. Morph-agr  
                                    1. obviative patient - verbs MC
                                    2. relational - verbs MC
                                    3. possessum - nominals MC
                                    1. Morph-aff  
                                      1. animate singular; pronominals MC
                                      1. Morph-pro  
                                        1. Inclusive plural; AI, TI, TA verbs - Independent order MC
                                        2. Inclusive plural possessor; nominals MC
                                        1. Morph-aff  
                                          1. -inâ-w-ihk; distributive locative; nominals MC
                                          1. Morph-pro  
                                            1. Exclusive plural; AI, TI, TA verbs - Independent order MC
                                            2. Inclusive plural possessor; nominals MC
                                            3. Inclusive plural; pronominals MC
                                            4. Exclusive plural; AI, TI, TA verbs - Independent order MC
                                            1. Morph-aff  
                                              1. former, absent; nominals MC
                                              2. former, absent; pronominals MC
                                              3. preterite; verbs MC
                                              1. Morph-aff  
                                                1. vocative; nominals, particles MC
                                                1. Morph-medial  
                                                  1. vocative; nominals MC
                                                  1. Morph-pro  
                                                    1. 2nd plural; TA verbs - Independent order, mixed set MC
                                                    2. 2nd, 3rd plural; pronouns MC
                                                    3. 2d, 3rd plural possessor; nominals MC
                                                    4. 3rd plural, Conjunct subjunctive mode MC
                                                    5. 3rd plural, Conjunct order, Northern Alberta MC
                                                    1. Morph-V > NI-final  
                                                      1. instrument (of V), nominalization [cf. /-âkan/, /-(i)kâkan/; cf. /-âkê/] WMDD
                                                      1. Morph-pro  
                                                        1. 2nd person; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                        2. 2nd person nominative; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                        1. Morph-pro  
                                                          1. 1st person; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                          2. 1st person nominative; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                          1. Morph-pro  
                                                            1. 2nd plural; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                            2. 2nd plural nominative; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                            1. Morph-agr  
                                                              1. animate singular; pronominals MC
                                                              2. Animate obviative; verbs - Independent Order MC
                                                              3. Animate obviative; nominals MC
                                                              4. Animate obviative; pronominals MC
                                                              5. Inanimate plural; verbs - Independent Order MC
                                                              6. Inanimate plural; nominals MC
                                                              7. Inanimate plural; pronominals MC
                                                              8. minimal word affix MC
                                                              1. Morph-agr  
                                                                1. Animate plural; verbs - Independent Order MC
                                                                2. Animate plural; nominals MC
                                                                3. Animate plural; pronominals MC
                                                                4. 1sg>3; TA Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                                1. Morph-aff  
                                                                  1. Animate singular; existential pronominals MC
                                                                  1. Morph-NA/I-3-final  
                                                                    1. tree; wood WMDD
                                                                    2. tree or stick; wooden; nominals MC
                                                                    1. Morph-VTA > NA-final  
                                                                      1. person (object of V), nominalization [cf. /-âkê/; also /-(c)âkan; cf. iskwêcâkan] WMDD
                                                                      1. Morph-final  
                                                                        1. ?? collective ?? [cf. /-min/ ~ /-minân/; /-kan/ ~ /-kanân/, etc.] WMDD
                                                                        1. Morph-NI-2-final  
                                                                          1. water, liquid [cf. /-âpaw-/ ~ /-âpâw-/ ~ /-âpow-/] WMDD
                                                                          2. liquid; nominals MC
                                                                          1. Morph-NDI-2-medial  
                                                                            1. hand WMDD
                                                                            2. hand; nominals MC
                                                                            1. Morph-agr  
                                                                              1. distal; occurs with deictic roots MC
                                                                              2. animate singular; existential pronominals MC
                                                                              3. vocative MC
                                                                              1. Morph-agr  
                                                                                1. obviative; existential pronominals MC
                                                                                2. inanimate plural; existential pronominals MC
                                                                                1. Morph-agr  
                                                                                  1. animate plural; existential pronominals MC
                                                                                  1. Morph-aff  
                                                                                    1. Subjunctive; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                                                    2. Inanimate plural; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                                                    3. 2nd person; AI Immediate Imperative n-stems MC
                                                                                    4. Inanimate; monosyllabic nominals MC
                                                                                    5. Inanimate singular MC
                                                                                    6. Abstract particle final MC
                                                                                    7. Delimiting interrogative singular MC
                                                                                    1. Morph-medial  
                                                                                      1. Knee; Nominals MC
                                                                                      1. Morph-VTI > NI-final  
                                                                                        1. thing, nominalization WMDD
                                                                                        1. Morph-V > NI-final  
                                                                                          1. instrument (of V), nominalization [cf. /-âkan/, /-(w)âkan/; cf. /-(i)kâkê/] WMDD
                                                                                          1. Morph-final  
                                                                                            1. location; nominal MC
                                                                                            1. Morph-final, aff  
                                                                                              1. deceased, late; former; absent WMDD
                                                                                              2. former, absent; nominals MC
                                                                                              1. Morph-final, affix  
                                                                                                1. [diminutive; also derivational added to Verbs] WMDD
                                                                                                2. Diminutive; nominals MC
                                                                                                1. Morph-aff  
                                                                                                  1. Habitual; nominals MC
                                                                                                  1. Morph-NDI-5-medial  
                                                                                                    1. sacred bundle WMDD
                                                                                                    2. sacred bundle; nominals MC
                                                                                                    1. Morph-medial  
                                                                                                      1. water [cf. /-kamâ/, /-kami/ ~ /-kamin/] WMDD
                                                                                                      2. water MC
                                                                                                      1. Morph-VTI > NI-final  
                                                                                                        1. thing, nominalization WMDD
                                                                                                        1. Morph-final  
                                                                                                          1. do by hand, TA/TI MC
                                                                                                          2. action, instrument, product; AI nominalizations MC
                                                                                                          1. Morph-aff  
                                                                                                            1. Non-third person; TA/AI/TI Independent order MC
                                                                                                            2. Inanimate; II Inanimate order, conjunct w/ -yi- MC
                                                                                                            3. Nominal Derivational affix MC
                                                                                                            4. Verbal derivational affix MC
                                                                                                            1. Morph-agr  
                                                                                                              1. 3rd person Animate; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                                                                              2. 3rd person Nominative; Conjunct order verbs MC
                                                                                                              1. Morph-agr  
                                                                                                                1. 3rd person; verbs - Independent Order MC
                                                                                                                2. Agentive affix; AI, TI nominalizations, with o- MC
                                                                                                                3. nominal suffix MC
                                                                                                                1. Morph-VII > NI-final  
                                                                                                                  1. nominalization WMDD
                                                                                                                  1. Morph-final  
                                                                                                                    1. -w-n; nominal derivational final MC
                                                                                                                    1. Morph-agr  
                                                                                                                      1. Obviative Subject; verbs MC
                                                                                                                      2. Obviative; pronominals MC
                                                                                                                      3. Obviative Possessor; nominals MC
                                                                                                                      4. Dependent Inanimate Subject; verbs MC
                                                                                                                      1. amisko-wîhkaskwa

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                                                                                                                        NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)   📖
                                                                                                                        1. mint, wild mint [lit: "beaver-sweetgrass"; Lat. Mentha arvensis] CW
                                                                                                                        1. Word components: amiskw- , /-i/-1 , /wîhk-/ , /-askw/-2
                                                                                                                      2. Morph-R  
                                                                                                                        1. ?? [~ /aýô-/: cf. ańômin- ~ mańômin ~ aýômin-] WMDD
                                                                                                                        1. apiscisîhcikanis

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                                                                                                                          NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                                                                                                          1. small manufactured item, miniature item, miniaturized item CW
                                                                                                                          1. Word components: /apist-/ , /-sîht/ , /-ikan/ , /-is/
                                                                                                                        2. asêkotêw

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                                                                                                                          VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                                                                                                                          1. it flies back, it flies backwards CW
                                                                                                                          2. it turns back (e.g. mind) CW
                                                                                                                          1. Word components: /asê-/ , /-akotê/-2 ( /akot-/-2, /-ê/-1 )