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  1. Morph  
    1. ongoing activity WMDD
    1. wâpamêw

      linguistic breakdown
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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. asikan

      linguistic breakdown
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      NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
      1. sock, stocking CW
      2. Sock AECD MD
      3. stocking AECD
      1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ )
    3. kîsikâw

      linguistic breakdown
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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
    4. nipâ

      linguistic breakdown
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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
       related words

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

      linguistic breakdown
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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. nipâk

      linguistic breakdown
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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
    7. 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/ )
    8. nipâtân

      linguistic breakdown
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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
       related words

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

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

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

      linguistic breakdown
      NA 🧑🏽  
      1. a bear AECD
      2. bruin AECD
      1. nipâw

        linguistic breakdown
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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 )
      2. mow

        linguistic breakdown
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        1. (you) eat him/her now 🤖AECD 🤖CW 🤖MD
        2. Eat it MD
        1. Word components: mow-

        form of mowêw


        mowêw
         related words

        VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
        1. s/he eats s.o. (e.g. bread) CW AECD MD
      3. mowihk

        linguistic breakdown
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        1. (you all) eat him/her now 🤖AECD 🤖CW 🤖MD
        2. All of you eat it. MD
        1. Word components: mow-

        form of mowêw


        mowêw
         related words

        VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
        1. s/he eats s.o. (e.g. bread) CW AECD MD
      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. 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 )
      6. 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 )
      7. nîmiw

        linguistic breakdown
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        VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
        1. s/he dances CW
        1. Word components: nîmi-
      8. wâpiw

        linguistic breakdown
        VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
        1. s/he sees AECD
        1. atamiskawêw

          linguistic breakdown
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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
        2. nîminâniwan

          linguistic breakdown
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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
           related words

          VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
          1. s/he dances CW
        3. Morph-VAI-1  
          1. act, behave so [< {ay-} + /iht-/ + /-i/; requires compounding] WMDD
          1. Morph-Vr  
            1. be, exist [e.g. VII-2 ayâw, VAI-1 ayâw, VTI-2 ayâw; cf. Nr ay-] WMDD
            1. Morph-R  
              1. strange, different, stranger [also: /ayaht-/; ?? < {ay-} + /âht-/] WMDD
              1. Morph-R  
                1. gibberish [?? < {ay-} + /ahk(w)-/ ??] WMDD
                1. Morph-R  
                  1. stagger [?? {ay-} + /ahp-/ ??] WMDD
                  1. Morph-R  
                    1. strange, different, stranger [also: /ayahc-/; ?? < {ay-} + /âht-/] WMDD
                    1. Morph-VII-2  
                      1. be [cf. /ay-/ + /-â/] WMDD
                      1. Morph-VAI  
                        1. be [cf. /ay-/ + /-â/] WMDD
                        1. Morph-VTI-2  
                          1. have s.t. [cf. /ay-/ + /-â/] WMDD
                          1. Morph-R  
                            1. possession, clothing [< /ay-/ + /-â/-3 + /-n/-3] WMDD
                            1. Morph-R  
                              1. gather together [?? < {ay-} + /-as/; or mutated /as-/ > /ayâs-/] WMDD
                              1. Morph-NA-1  
                                1. fledgling [?? < panici-ay- < /panit-/ + /-i/ + ay- ??] WMDD
                                1. Morph-NI-2  
                                  1. piece of old smoky leather [?? < /wîstê-/ + /pahkw-/ + /ay-/ ??] WMDD
                                  1. 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. asawâpamêw

                                      linguistic breakdown
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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 )
                                    2. kotiskâwêw

                                      linguistic breakdown
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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-
                                    3. pimitâcimow

                                      linguistic breakdown
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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/
                                    4. mâci-nipâw

                                      linguistic breakdown
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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 )
                                    5. 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-}
                                    6. Morph-medial  
                                      1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
                                      2. eye, vision MC
                                      1. nîsiwak

                                        linguistic breakdown
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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/