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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. 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. 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. wâpam

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    1. (you) see him/her now, (you) behold him/her now 🤖CW
    2. (you) recognize him/her now 🤖CW
    3. (you) witness him/her now, (you) observe him/her now, (you) bear witness to his/her existence now 🤖CW
    4. (you) meet him/her now, (you) encounter him/her now 🤖CW
    5. (you) see him/her now 🤖AECD 🤖MD
    6. See him MD
    1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-am/-1

    form of wâpamêw


    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
  5. maskwa

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    NA 🧑🏽  
    1. a bear AECD
    2. bruin AECD
    1. 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/ )
    2. amisk

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      NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
      1. beaver [Lat. Castor canadensis] CW AECD MD
      1. Word components: amiskw-
    3. 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/ )
    4. 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-
    5. 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/
    6. nîmiw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he dances CW
      1. Word components: nîmi-
    7. 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
    8. 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
    9. 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 )
    10. 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-
    11. kôhkominaw

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      1. Our Grandmother, The Moon CW
      1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkom-

      form of nôhkom


      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
    12. nôhtêpayiw

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

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        NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
        1. star, bright star CW
        2. A big bright star MD
        1. Word components: atâhkw-
      2. 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 )
      3. wâpiw

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        VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
        1. s/he sees AECD
        1. 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
        2. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
          1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
          1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
        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. Morph-NA-1  
            1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] WMDD
            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. 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/
            3. 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-}
            4. 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/
            5. 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 )
            6. katawatêyimêw

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              VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
              1. s/he thinks s.o. beautiful CW
              1. Word components: /katawaT-/ , /-êýim/ ( /-êýi-/, /-m/-3 )
            7. Morph-R  
              1. wait, lie in wait, waylay, guard against [also: /asw-/] WMDD
              1. amiskwaciy-wâskahikan

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                NA 🧑🏽  
                1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD