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  1. iska

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. it seems (through dream or magic) CW
    2. in a dream, in dreams CW
    1. Word components: iska
  2. êska

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. beyond belief [revelatory] CW
    1. Word components: êska
  3. 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
  4. 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-
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. mîciw

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    VTI-3 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: mîciw   📖
    1. s/he eats s.t., s/he has s.t. as food CW
    2. He eats it MD
    3. s/he eats it or consumes it AECD
    4. s/he munches it AECD
    1. Word components: mîci-
  8. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-   📖
    1. go and, go to CW
    2. engaged in CW
    1. Word components: /nitaw-/ , /-i/
  9. pêyak

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. one, 1 CW
    2. alone, single, a single one CW
    3. the only one CW
    4. a certain one CW
    5. one AECD
    1. Word components: /pêyakw-/
  10. 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-
  11. wâpahtam

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    VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
    1. s/he sees s.t., s/he witnesses s.t. CW
    2. s/he encounters s.t. CW
    3. s/he has a vision CW
    4. He sees it AECD MD
    1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-aht/-2
  12. NA-4 🧑🏽   like: niska, êsa   📖
    1. goose CW AECD MD
    2. a Canada goose AECD
    1. Word components: nisk- , {-a}-1
  13. anohc

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    N   Naming word
    1. Today MD
    2. Presently MD
    3. Now MD
    1. NA-4w 🧑🏽   like: wâhkwa, ihkwa   📖
      1. Ursus Major constellation CW
      1. Word components: maskw- , {-a}-1
    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. 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
    5. 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
    6. atamiskaw

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      1. (you) greet him/her now, (you) send greetings to him/her now 🤖CW
      2. (you) say hello to him/her now 🤖CW
      3. (you) shake hands with him/her now 🤖CW
      4. (you) hug him/her in greeting now, (you) kiss him/her in greeting now 🤖CW
      5. (you) bid him/her farewell now 🤖CW
      6. (you) shook hands with him/her or him/her now 🤖MD
      1. Word components: /atam-/ , /-skaw/-1

      form of atamiskawêw


      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
    7. awîna

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. Who AECD
      1. PrA   like: awa
        1. who, whose CW
        2. Who? MD
        1. Word components: /awîn-/ , {-a}-1
      2. Morph-medial  
        1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
        2. eye, vision MC
        1. Morph-final  
          1. Abstract final; II verbs MC
          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. 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-3  
              1. star WMDD
              1. Morph-verb final  
                1. by eye; by vision MC
                1. kotiskâwêw

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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-
                2. NDA-1 👤🧑🏽   like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-)   📖
                  1. my dream spirit CW
                  1. Word components: {ni-} , /pawâ-/ , /-kan/-2
                3. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
                  1. two, as two, two together CW
                  2. second CW
                  1. Word components: /nîsw-/ , /-i/
                4. 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
                5. 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-}
                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. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                  1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
                  1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
                8. PrA   like: awa   📖
                  1. he, she, it CW
                  2. him, her, it CW
                  3. his, hers, its CW
                  4. He or she MD
                  5. Him or her MD
                  6. she/he, her/him AECD
                  1. Word components: wiýa ( {w-}-2, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 )
                9. N   Naming word
                  1. Calgary MD
                  1. amiskwaciy-wâskahikan

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