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  1. kanika

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. actually CW
    1. Word components: kanika
  2. kanikâ

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. desiredly CW
    2. would that CW
    1. Word components: kanikâ
  3. kânikanâ

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. may it be that CW
    1. Word components: kânikanâ
  4. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
    1. Grandmother's Bay, SK [Woods Cree community, reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band] CW
    1. Word components: {k-} , -ohkom- , /-nân/ , {-ihk}-2
  5. Morph-preverb  
    1. past MC
    2. able to, w/ negation or ka- MC
    1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Cumberland House, SK [Swampy Cree community; lit: "at the house, at the fort"] CW
      1. Word components: /wâskâ-/ , /-h/ , /-ikan/ , {-ihk}-2
    2. NDA-1 👤🧑🏽   like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-)   📖
      1. my husband, my male lover CW
      2. my husband AECD
      1. Word components: {ni-} , nâpêw- , /-im/-1
    3. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Punnichy, SK [lit: "at the hatchling"] CW
      1. Word components: panicây- , /-is/
    4. wîsta

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      PrA   like: awa
      1. he, too CW
      2. she, too CW
      3. he, by contrast CW
      4. she, by contrast CW
      5. he himself CW
      6. she herself CW
      7. him, too CW MD
      8. her, too CW
      9. He also MD
      1. Word components: {w-}-2 , -îst- , {-a}-1
    5. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Fort Qu'Appelle, SK [lit: "at the enclosure" (e.g. "at the weir; at the fort; at the jail")] CW
      1. Word components: /kip-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ikan/ , {-ihk}-2
    6. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Cutknife, SK CW
      1. Word components: /kîsk-/ , /-ihkomân/ , {-ihk}-2
    7. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Ministikwan, SK CW
      1. Word components: ministikw- ( /min-/-1, /-stikw/ ) , /-an/-1
    8. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Whitefish Lake, SK CW
      2. Big River, SK CW
      1. Word components: /wâwâk-/ ( {Câ(h)-}, /wâk-/ ) , /-kamâ/ ( /-kam-/, /-â/-1 ) , /-w/
    9. Morph-VAI-1  
      1. sing [?? < /nika-/** + /-m-o/] WMDD
      1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
        1. Sandy, at Ahtahkakoop Reserve, SK CW
        2. Sandy Lake, SK [southern Plains Cree community] CW
        1. Word components: ýêkaw- , /-iskâ/ ( /-isk-/, /-â/-1 ) , /-w/-1 , /-ihk/-1
      2. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
        1. Jackfish Lake (SK) [near Cochin, SK; lit: "fish lake"] CW
        1. Word components: kinosêw- , sâkahikan-
      3. N   Naming word
        1. A Cree Indian woman MD
        1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
          1. Stanley Mission, SK [Woods Cree community, reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band; lit: "place of shooting arrows uphill"] CW
          1. Word components: /âm-/ , /-aciw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /isp-/ , /pimw-/ , /-win/ , {-ihk}-2
        2. Morph-Nr  
          1. stone [cf. asiniy-, /-asin-/] WMDD
          1. kihci-sâkiy

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            NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
            1. Kitsakie, SK [Woods Cree reserve, part of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band] CW
            1. Word components: /kiht-/ , /-i/-1 , sâkiy-
          2. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. at the north end of Sandy Lake, SK CW
            1. Word components: /kisip-/ , /-kamâ/ ( /-kam-/, /-â/-1 ) , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
          3. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Carrot River, SK CW
            1. Word components: oskâtâskw- , sîpiy- , {-ihk}-2
          4. Morph-NA-2  
            1. mariah fish WMDD
            1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
              1. Onion Lake Cree Nation, SK CW
              2. Onion Lake, SK [southern Plains Cree reserve] CW
              1. Word components: /wîhcêk-/ , /-askosiy/ , [w] , /-i/ , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
            2. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
              1. Duck Lake, SK CW
              1. Word components: sîsîp- , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
            3. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
              1. Wanuskewin Heritage Park, SK CW
              1. Word components: wânaskê- , /-win/ , {-ihk}-2
            4. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
              1. Lac La Ronge Indian Band, SK [Wood Cree community at Lac La Ronge, SK; lit: "at big lake"] CW
              1. Word components: /mistah-/ , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
            5. Morph-NA-2  
              1. old woman [< /nôt-/ + /-okê/ + /-w/] WMDD
              1. pêhonân

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                NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                1. Fort Carlton, SK CW
                1. Word components: pêh- ( /pê-/-2, /-h/ ) , /-o/ , /-nân/
              2. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                1. place name in vicinity of Sandy Lake, SK CW
                1. Word components: waciy- , {-ihk}-2
              3. NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                1. Jingle Dress dancer CW
                1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /sêwê-/ ( /sê-/, /-wê/ ) , /-simo/ , /-w/-2
              4. NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                1. goddess CW
                2. Goddess CW
                1. Word components: manitow- , iskwêw-
              5. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                1. Lac La Ronge, SK, La Ronge, SK CW
                1. Word components: /mistah-/ , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
              6. nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamâtowi-kakêskihkêmowikamik

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                NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)   📖
                1. Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre, Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, SICC [lit: "counselling building for (Cree/) Indigenous teaching"] CW
                1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ito/ , /-win/ , /kakêsk-/ , /-m/-1 , /-kê/ , /-mo/ ( /-m/-1, /-o/ ) , [wi] , /-kamikw/
              7. NDA-1 👤🧑🏽   like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-)   📖
                1. my young woman CW
                2. my hired girl CW
                1. Word components: {nit-} , /oskinîk-/ , iskwêw- , /-im/-1
              8. Morph-aff  
                1. Habitual; AI/TA verbs MC
                1. Morph-aff  
                  1. Habitual; AI/TA verbs MC
                  1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                    1. Molanosa, SK [lit: "at the stumps; at the cutting"] CW
                    1. Word components: /kîsk-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ikan/ , /-is/ , {-ihk}-2
                  2. mahkiyaw

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                    NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                    1. Makaoo [Cree chief, signatory to Treaty 6; lit: "big body"' from Makaoo 120, now merged with Seekaskootch 119 as Onion Lake Cree Nation, SK] CW
                    1. Word components: /mahk-/ , -iyaw-
                  3. Morph-final  
                    1. -aw-ikw-isi-; medio-passive MC
                    1. VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                      1. it is a clump of fir trees CW
                      1. Word components: ministikw- ( /min-/-1, /-stikw/ ) , /-âhtak-/ , /-â/-1
                    2. Morph-aff  
                      1. -ht-ay; 3rd; TA, AI Independent Preterite MC
                      1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                        1. Morin Lake, SK [Woods Cree community, reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band; lit: "at dawn lake"] CW
                        1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-an/-1 , /-i/ , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
                      2. Morph-VTA-1  
                        1. borrow, go to borrow [?? < /nit-/ + /-âhtâ-/ + /-m/ ??] WMDD
                        1. Morph-R  
                          1. marked, written, inscribed [cf. /-asin-/; NA-2 asiniy-] WMDD
                          1. NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                            1. accuser, complainant CW
                            1. Word components: /ot-/-2 , /atâm-/-2 , /-m/-1 , /-iwê/ , /-w/-2