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  1. pahkwêsikan

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    NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
    1. bannock, bread CW
    2. flour CW
    3. Bannock MD
    4. Bannock. Var. napakinikan AECD
    1. Word components: /pahkwê-/ , /-s/-1 , /-ikan/
  2. nipiy

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    NI 💧  
    1. Water AECD
    2. aqua AECD
    1. nipiy

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      NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
      1. watery liquid CW
      2. sap of maple or birch CW
      1. Word components: nipiy-
    2. 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
    3. maskwa

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      NA 🧑🏽  
      1. a bear AECD
      2. bruin AECD
      1. NA-4w 🧑🏽   like: wâhkwa, ihkwa   📖
        1. Ursus Major constellation CW
        1. Word components: maskw- , {-a}-1
      2. 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/ )
      3. amisk

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        NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
        1. beaver [Lat. Castor canadensis] CW AECD MD
        1. Word components: amiskw-
      4. pêyak

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        N   Naming word
        1. One MD
        1. nisto

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

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          N   Naming word
          1. Three MD
          1. nôhtêpayiw

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

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              1. people dance 🤖CW
              2. there is a dance, it is a time of dancing CW
              1. Word components: nîmi-

              form of nîmiw


              nîmiw
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              VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
              1. s/he dances CW
            2. 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
            3. 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. 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. 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-
              3. nîmiw

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                VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                1. s/he dances CW
                1. Word components: nîmi-
              4. awâsisîwiw

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                VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                1. s/he is a child CW
                1. Word components: awâsis- , /-iwi/
              5. wâpiw

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                VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                1. [generally in negative phrases:] s/he is blind CW
                1. Word components: wâpi- ( /wâp-/, /-i/-3 )
              6. 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
              7. âcimâw

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                1. people tell about him/her, people talk about him/her, people narrate about him/her 🤖CW
                2. people tell him/her, people tell things to him/her 🤖CW
                3. people are telling a story about him/her 🤖MD
                4. A story is told about him MD
                1. Word components: âcim- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1 )

                form of âcimêw


                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
              8. wâpiw

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                VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
                1. s/he sees AECD
                1. Morph-agr  
                  1. 1st person; see -(y)ân MC
                  1. Morph-NA-2  
                    1. net [cf. /a(h)ýap(y)-/] WMDD
                    1. Morph-Vr  
                      1. drain; bail [cf. /(y)ihk-/] WMDD
                      1. Morph-R  
                        1. ?? turn down [cf. /iyiw-/, /(y)âs-/, /âsê-/] WMDD
                        1. Morph-R  
                          1. ?? [possibly /mitim-/ + /-ê/-2 + [y]] WMDD
                          1. Morph-NI-3  
                            1. bottle [“môtê-” borrowed from French bouteille + [y] + /-âpiskw/] WMDD
                            1. Morph-R  
                              1. point of land [cf. /nê(y)-/] WMDD
                              1. paskwâwiyinîmow

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                                VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                                1. s/he speaks Plains Cree CW
                                2. s/he uses the Plains dialect or Y dialect of Cree CW
                                1. Word components: /paskw-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , /-mo/ ( /-m/-1, /-o/ )
                              2. paskwâwiyinîmowin

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                                NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                1. Plains Cree language, the Plains dialect or Y dialect of Cree CW
                                1. Word components: /paskw-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , /-mo/ ( /-m/-1, /-o/ ) , /-win/
                              3. 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-}
                              4. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
                                1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
                              5. 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. 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/
                                3. amiskwaciy-wâskahikan

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                                  NA 🧑🏽  
                                  1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
                                  1. Morph-NA-1  
                                    1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] WMDD
                                    1. âyiman

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                                      VII-2n 💧➡️   like: miywâsin   📖
                                      1. it is difficult, it is a hardship, it is grievous CW
                                      2. It is difficult, hard MD
                                      3. it is difficult AECD
                                      1. Word components: /âýim-/ , /-an/-1