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  1. Morph-R  
    1. surprising, different WMDD
    1. Morph-R  
      1. ?? foreign ?? WMDD
      1. Morph-R  
        1. bad luck, ill fortune WMDD
        1. mayakâw

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          VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
          1. it is different, it is surprising CW
          1. Word components: /mayak-/ , /-â/-1
        2. NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
          1. German person CW
          2. speaker of a foreign language CW
          1. Word components: /mayak-/ , /-wê/ , /-is/
        3. VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
          1. s/he speaks a different language, s/he speaks a foreign language CW
          2. s/he speaks German CW
          1. Word components: /mayak-/ , /-wê/
        4. mayakask

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          NDI-3 👤💧   like: miskîsik, mayakask   📖
          1. palate CW
          1. Word components: {m-} , -aýakaskw-
        5. V  
          1. Bad luck is brought upon him MD
          1. mâyakwan

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            VII-2n 💧➡️   like: miywâsin   📖
            1. it is unlucky CW AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-an/-1
          2. mâyakohêw

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            VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
            1. s/he brings bad luck to s.o. CW MD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-h/
          3. mâyakohow

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. s/he brings bad luck on him/herself CW MD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-h/ , /-o/
          4. mâyakomêw

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            VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
            1. s/he brings bad luck to s.o. verbally CW
            2. s/he places a curse on s.o. CW
            3. s/he puts a bad curse on her/him or brings her/him bad luck AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-m/-1
          5. mâyakosiw

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. s/he is unlucky, s/he is unfortunate CW
            2. He is unlucky AECD MD
            3. Bad things happen to him MD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-isi/
          6. mayakâpisin

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            VAI-2 🧑🏽➡️   like: pimisin   📖
            1. s/he is left in surprise at the sight of it, s/he is surprised by a terrible sight CW
            1. Word components: /mayak-/ , /-âpisin/ ( /-âp-/, /-isin/ )
          7. mâyakohcin

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            VAI-2 🧑🏽➡️   like: pimisin   📖
            1. s/he decomposes in water, s/he deteriorates while suspended in water CW
            1. Word components: /mâý-/ , /akw-/ , /-hcin/ ( /-ht-/-3, /-in/-2 )
          8. mâyakohtin

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            VII-2n 💧➡️   like: miywâsin   📖
            1. it decomposes in water, it deteriorates while suspended in water CW
            1. Word components: /mâý-/ , /akoht-/ , /-in/-1
          9. mâyakoskam

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            VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
            1. s/he brings bad luck CW AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-sk/-1
          10. mâyakopayiw

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. s/he suffers misadventure CW
            2. s/he experiences very bad luck CW
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-paýi/
          11. mâyakosiwin

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            NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
            1. bad luck, ill fortune, haplessness CW
            2. having bad luck AECD
            3. hapless AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-isi/ , /-win/
          12. mâyakoskawêw

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            VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: nitonawêw   📖
            1. s/he sends bad luck in hunting to s.o., s/he causes s.o. bad luck CW
            2. s/he brings her/him bad luck AECD
            3. s/he causes her/him bad or ill luck AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-skaw/-1
          13. mâyakoskâkêw

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. s/he brings bad luck to people CW AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-skaw/-1 , /-ikê/-2
          14. mâyakomitowak

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. they curse one another CW
            2. they bring bad luck to one another verbally CW
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-m/-1 , /-ito/
          15. mâyakopayiwin

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            NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
            1. misadventure CW AECD
            2. bad luck CW
            3. having very bad luck AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-paýi/ , /-win/
          16. mâyakoskâcikêw

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. s/he brings bad luck CW
            2. s/he brings bad luck to everything AECD
            1. Word components: /mâýakw-/ , /-sk/-1 , /-ât/ , /-ikê/-1
          17. sêmâk

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            IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
            1. right now, right away, at once, immediately, instantly CW
            2. Right away AECD MD
            3. At once MD
            4. Immediately MD
            5. right now AECD
            6. immediately. (Northern). alt. semak (Plains) AECD
            1. Word components: /sêmâk-/
          18. pêhowikamik

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            NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)   📖
            1. railway station CW
            2. waiting room CW
            1. Word components: pêh- ( /pê-/-2, /-h/ ) , /-o/ , [wi] , /-kamikw/
          19. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Fort Qu'Appelle, SK [lit: "at the enclosure" (e.g. "at the weir; at the fort; at the jail")] CW
            1. Word components: /kip-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ikan/ , {-ihk}-2
          20. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Île-à-la-Crosse, SK [Woods Cree and Métis community; lit: "where waters meet"] CW
            1. Word components: /sâkitaw-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
          21. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Dene country, Chipewyan country CW
            2. in Dene country CW
            1. Word components: /cîpw-/ , /-wayân/ , {-inâhk}-2
          22. titipawêhkasam

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            VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
            1. s/he curls s.t. (e.g. hair) by heat CW
            2. s/he has a perm CW
            1. Word components: /titip-/ , /-awê/ ( /-aw-/-1, /-ê/-2 ) , /-hkas/
          23. opîtatowêwiwin

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            NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
            1. being Ukrainian CW AECD
            1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /pîtat-/ , /-owê/ , /-w/-2 , /-iwi/ , /-win/
          24. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the berry"] CW
            1. Word components: mînis- ( /mîn-/-1, /-is/ ) , {-ihk}-2
          25. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
            1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
          26. opîtatowêw

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            NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
            1. Ukrainian CW
            2. European CW
            3. a Ukrainian person AECD
            1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /pîtat-/ , /-owê/ , /-w/-2
          27. misisâhkwacinâs

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            NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
            1. Horsefly Hill [site of St. Pauls' Hospital in Saskatoon, SK] CW
            1. Word components: misisâhkw- ( /mis-/-1, /-câhkw/** OR /-sâhkw/** ) , /-atinaw/ , /-is/
          28. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. the site of the former Fort à la Corne Mission, SK CW
            1. Word components: nîpawi- ( /nîpaw-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-win/ , {-ihk}-2
          29. opîtatowêwiw

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. s/he is Ukrainian CW
            1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /pîtat-/ , /-owê/ , /-w/-2 , /-iwi/
          30. opîtatowêmow

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            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
            1. s/he speaks Ukrainian CW
            2. s/he speaks in Ukrainian AECD
            1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /pîtat-/ , /-owê/ , /-w/-2 , /-m/-2 , /-o/
          31. mâyatihkwayân

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            NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
            1. Russian, person of Russian heritage CW
            1. Word components: /mâý-/ , atihkw- , /-wayân/
          32. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Vegreville, AB [lit: "at birch river"] CW
            1. Word components: waskway- , sîpiy- , {-ihk}-2
          33. INM   like: otôskwanihk
            1. prairie crocus [lit: "buffalo's belly button"; Lat. Anemone patens] CW
            1. Word components: mostosw- , {o-}-5 , -tisiy-
          34. NI 💧  
            1. a saskatoon berry AECD
            1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
              1. Saskatoon, SK CW
              1. Word components: sâskwatôn
            2. wiyakihtâw

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              VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: kisihtâw   📖
              1. s/he botches s.t. CW
              2. s/he ruins s.t., s/he wastes s.t. CW
              3. s/he squanders s.t. [in negative constructions:] s/he doesn't waste s.t., s/he doesn't destroy a valuable possession CW
              1. Word components: /wiyak-/ , /-ht/-2 , /-â/-3
            3. Morph-V > NI-final  
              1. manufactured thing [cf. /-ihk-/ + /-ê > -â/ + /-kan/] WMDD
              1. Morph-R  
                1. to shelter [cf. /kotâw-/ + ?? /-sk/] WMDD
                1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                  1. Blackfoot country CW
                  2. in enemy territory, amongst the enemy CW
                  1. Word components: /ayahc-/ , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , {-inâhk}-2
                2. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                  1. Otter Lake, SK [lit: "at otter lake"] CW
                  1. Word components: nikikw- , /-i/ , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
                3. asiwacikan

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                  NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                  1. pouch, pocket CW
                  2. purse, suitcase CW
                  3. storage container, receptacle, bin CW
                  4. can, jar, vessel CW
                  5. A purse MD
                  6. A suitcase MD
                  7. A pocket AECD MD
                  8. a container AECD
                  9. a bin AECD
                  1. Word components: /as-/ , /-iwat/ , /-ikan/
                4. maskêkomin

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                  NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                  1. muskeg berry, cranberry CW
                  1. Word components: maskêkw- , /-min/
                5. ascikêwikamik

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                  NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)   📖
                  1. storehouse, storage room, storage building, storage shed CW
                  2. a storage shed AECD
                  1. Word components: /ast-/ , /-ikê/-1 , [wi] , /-kamikw/
                6. INM   like: otôskwanihk
                  1. Sounding Lake (SK) [site of 1879 Treaty 6 adhesion; lit: "where the water thunders"] CW
                  1. Word components: nipiy- , {kâ-} , /pitihkw-/ , /-ê/-1 , {-k}-1
                7. Morph-R  
                  1. drain [cf. /wiý-/ OR {oy-} + /(ý)ihk-/] WMDD
                  1. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                    1. saskatoon willow CW
                    1. Word components: /kos-/** , /-âskw-/ , /-atw/ , /-is/
                  2. Morph-VAI-1  
                    1. howl [cf. oyôyo- < {oy-} + ôyo-] WMDD
                    1. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                      1. Jackfish Lake (SK) [near Cochin, SK; lit: "fish lake"] CW
                      1. Word components: kinosêw- , sâkahikan-
                    2. cahkâskisam

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                      VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
                      1. s/he burns s.t. with a flame CW
                      2. s/he wastes his/her ammunition CW
                      1. Word components: /cahk-/-3 , /-âskis/ ( /-âsk-/-2, /-s/-2 )
                    3. astâskamikwa

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                      NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)   📖
                      1. moss, savannah moss CW
                      2. treeless ground moss CW AECD
                      3. roots CW
                      4. Savannah moss AECD
                      1. Word components: /astâ-/** , /-askamikw/
                    4. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                      1. Stony Rapids, SK [Dene community in northern Saskatchewan] CW
                      1. Word components: asiniy- , [wi] , pâwistikw- ( /pâw-/, /-stikw/ ) , {-ihk}-2
                    5. pinipocikêwikamik

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                      NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)   📖
                      1. mill, flour mill CW
                      2. A flour mill MD
                      1. Word components: /pin-/ , /-pot/ , /-ikê/-1 , [wi] , /-kamikw/
                    6. wâpahcikêwin

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                      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                      1. inspection, examination, observation CW
                      2. window shopping CW
                      1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-aht/-1 , /-ikê/-1 , /-win/
                    7. môsomin

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                      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                      1. cranberry, highbush cranberry, lowbush cranberry [lit: "moose berry"; Lat. Viburnum edule] CW
                      2. a mooseberry or a high bush cranberry AECD
                      1. Word components: môsw- , /-min/
                    8. nahiniwêwin

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                      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                      1. mass burial, entombment CW
                      2. a burial AECD
                      3. entomb AECD
                      1. Word components: /nah-/ , /-n/-1 , /-iwê/ , /-win/