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  1. Morph  
    1. absolute (definite) future tense [with Independent Order] WMDD
    2. irrealis [defines an unchanged Conjunct] WMDD
    1. Morph  
      1. [defines a changed Conjunct; relativizer] WMDD
      1. 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
      2. 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/
      3. NA-4w 🧑🏽   like: wâhkwa, ihkwa   📖
        1. Ursus Major constellation CW
        1. Word components: maskw- , {-a}-1
      4. 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/ )
      5. 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-
      6. nisto

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

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        N   Naming word
        1. Three MD
        1. pêyak

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          N   Naming word
          1. One MD
          1. 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
          2. maskwa

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            NA 🧑🏽  
            1. a bear AECD
            2. bruin AECD
            1. Morph-preverb  
              1. past MC
              2. able to, w/ negation or ka- MC
              1. nîmiw

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                VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                1. s/he dances CW
                1. Word components: nîmi-
              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. 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. 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
              5. 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
              6. 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 )
              7. 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 )
              8. tânisi

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                IPJ   like: hay hay
                1. hello, how are you? CW
                1. Word components: /tân-/ , isi ( /iT-/, /-i/-1 )
              9. nôhtêpayiw

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

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                  VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
                  1. s/he sees 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. awâsisîwiw

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                    VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                    1. s/he is a child CW
                    1. Word components: awâsis- , /-iwi/
                  3. Morph-?S  
                    1. fledge [?? cf. {ka-} + /kîs-/ + /-aw-/] WMDD
                    1. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
                      1. would [grammatical preverb: irrealis; Initial Change: ka-; cf. kê-] CW
                      1. Word components: {ka-}
                    2. Morph-preverb  
                      1. future [changed Conjunct; cf. {ka-}] WMDD
                      2. Initial change version of ka- MC
                      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. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                          1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
                          1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
                        2. Morph-R  
                          1. wait, lie in wait, waylay, guard against [also: /asw-/] WMDD
                          1. 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/
                          2. 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
                          3. Morph-NA-1  
                            1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] WMDD
                            1. Morph-NDI-2  
                              1. tail [also: -sôs- < -soy- + /-is/] WMDD
                              1. amiskwaciy-wâskahikan

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                                NA 🧑🏽  
                                1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
                                1. 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/
                                2. 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/
                                3. Morph-medial  
                                  1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
                                  2. eye, vision MC