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  1. nêhiyâwi

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    1. (you) be Nehiyaw now, (you) be Cree now, (you) be Plain Cree now, (you) be a Cree Indian now, (you) be a member of the Plains Cree Nation now 🤖CW
    2. (you) be First Nations now, (you) be an Indigenous person now 🤖CW
    3. (you) be Cree now 🤖MD
    1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iwi/

    form of nêhiyâwiw


    nêhiyâwiw
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    VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
    1. s/he is Nehiyaw, s/he is Cree, s/he is Plains Cree, s/he is a Cree Indian, s/he is a member of the Plains Cree Nation CW
    2. s/he is First Nations, s/he is an Indigenous person CW
    3. He is Cree MD
  2. nêhiyâwi

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      1. Word components: nêhiýaw-

      form of nêhiyaw


      nêhiyaw
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      NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
      1. Nehiyaw CW
      2. Cree, Cree man, Cree person, member of the Cree Nation CW
      3. First Nations person, Indigenous person CW
      4. A Cree Indian man MD
      5. A native of the Cree nation MD
      6. an aboriginal person AECD
      7. a Cree AECD
    1. IPN   like: amisko-
      1. Cree CW
      2. First Nations, Indigenous, Indian CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/
    2. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
      1. Cree, in Cree, in the Cree language CW
      2. in a Cree way CW
      3. in a First Nations/Indigenous/Indian way CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/
    3. nêhiyawê

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      1. (you) speak Cree now 🤖CW 🤖MD
      2. (you) speak Plains Cree now 🤖CW
      3. (you) speak an aboriginal language now, i now.e now. now: Cree now 🤖AECD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-wê/

      form of nêhiyawêw


      nêhiyawêw
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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he speaks Cree CW MD
      2. s/he speaks Plains Cree CW
      3. s/he speaks an aboriginal language, i.e.: Cree AECD
    4. nêhiyâwiw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he is Nehiyaw, s/he is Cree, s/he is Plains Cree, s/he is a Cree Indian, s/he is a member of the Plains Cree Nation CW
      2. s/he is First Nations, s/he is an Indigenous person CW
      3. He is Cree MD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iwi/
    5. nêhiyâwiwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. being Nehiyaw, being Cree, Cree identity, Creeness CW
      2. Cree culture CW
      3. Indigeneity, Indianness CW
      4. The Cree culture MD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iwi/ , /-win/
    6. nêhiyawi-aya

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. Cree things, Cree matters, Cree customs CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , ay- , {-a}-3
    7. nêhiyawisimow

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he dances a Cree dance, s/he dances in the Cree fashion CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-simo/
    8. nêhiyawiskwêw

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      NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
      1. a Cree woman, a Plains Cree woman, woman of the Plains Cree Nation, Cree Indian woman CW
      2. Indigenous woman CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , iskwêw-
    9. nêhiyawîhtwâw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he follows the Cree way, s/he follows Cree culture, s/he follows Cree custom, s/he behaves as a Cree CW
      2. s/he follows First Nation culture, s/he follows Indigenous culture CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-îhtwâ/ ( /-îhtw-/, /-â/-2 )
    10. nêhiyawi-wîhêw

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      VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
      1. s/he uses s.o.'s Cree name, s/he calls s.o. by a Cree name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , wîh-
    11. nêhiyawi-tôtam

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      VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
      1. s/he deals with s.t. as an Indigenous person, s/he does s.t. in a Cree way CW
      2. s/he acts like an aboriginal person AECD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , tôt- ( /iT-/, /-ôt/-1 )
    12. nêhiyawipwâtak

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      NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
      1. Piapot First Nation, SK, Piapot Band, SK [band of mixed Cree and Dakota] CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , pwât-
    13. VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he is called so in Cree, s/he has a Cree name CW
      2. s/he has an Indigenous name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-(iý)ihk-/ , /-âso/ ( /-âT/, /-o/ )
    14. nêhiyawîhkâtêw

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      VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: nakatêw   📖
      1. s/he calls s.o. so in Cree CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iýihk-/ , /-âT/
    15. nêhiyawi-wîhtam

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      VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
      1. s/he uses the Cree name of s.t., s/he calls s.t. by a Cree name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , wîht-
    16. nêhiyawipêhikêw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he writes in Cree, s/he writes Cree syllabics CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-pêh/ ( /-pê/, /-ah/-1 ) , /-ikê/-1
    17. nêhiyawîhtwâwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. the Cree way, Cree culture, Cree custom CW
      2. First Nation culture, Indigenous culture CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-îhtwâ/ ( /-îhtw-/, /-â/-2 ) , /-win/
    18. nêhiyawiskwêsis

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      NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
      1. Cree girl CW AECD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , iskwêw- , /-isis/
    19. nêhiyawiskwêwiw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. she is a Cree woman, s/he is a Plains Cree woman, s/he is a Cree Indian woman, s/he is an Indigenous woman CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , iskwêw- , /-iwi/
    20. nêhiyawi-wîhowin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree name CW
      2. Indigenous name, Indian name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , wîh- , /-o/ , /-win/
    21. nêhiyawiyihkâsow

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he is called so in Cree, s/he has a Cree name, s/he has an Indigenous name, s/he has an Indian name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iýihk-/ , /-âso/ ( /-âT/, /-o/ )
    22. VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
      1. s/he calls s.t. so in Cree, s/he gives s.t. a Cree name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iýihk-/ , /-ât/
    23. VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
      1. it is called so in Cree, it has a Cree name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iýihk-/ , /-âtê/ ( /-ât/, /-ê/-1 )
    24. VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: nakatêw   📖
      1. s/he calls s.o. so in Cree, s/he uses s.o.'s Cree name CW
      2. s/he gives s.o. a Cree name CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-iýihk-/ , /-âT/
    25. nêhiyawîhcikêwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree culture CW
      2. Indigenous culture, Indian culture CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-îht/-2 , /-ikê/-1 , /-win/
    26. nêhiyawi-mîciwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree food CW
      2. Cree food supply CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , mîci- , /-win/
    27. nêhiyawi-nikamow

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he sings Cree songs CW
      2. s/he sings Cree hymns CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , nikamo-
    28. nêhiyawi-tôtawêw

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      VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: nitonawêw   📖
      1. s/he treats s.o. like a Cree person, s/he deals with s.o. as an Indigenous person CW
      2. s/he treats her/him like an aboriginal person AECD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , tôtaw- ( tôt-, /-aw/-1 )
    29. nêhiyawi-tôtâkêw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he treats people like Cree people, s/he deals with people as an Indigenous person CW
      2. s/he treats people like aboriginals AECD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , tôtaw- ( /iT-/, /-ôt/-1, /-aw/-1 ) , /-ikê/-2
    30. nêhiyawi-ayamihâw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he prays in Cree, s/he prays in the Cree tradition CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , ayami- ( /ayam-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-h/ , {-â}-5
    31. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Piapot First Nation, SK [southern Plains Cree and Dakota reserve; lit: "among the Cree-Dakota"] CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , pwât- , {-inâhk}-2
    32. nêhiyawi-mêskanaw

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      NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
      1. Cree path, Cree road CW
      2. Indian path, Indian road CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , mêskanaw-
    33. nêhiyawi-wîhkohkêw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he holds a Cree feast CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /wîhkw-/-1 , /-m/-1 , /-kê/
    34. nêhiyawimototawêw

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      VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: nitonawêw   📖
      1. s/he speaks Cree to s.o. CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-mo/ ( /-m/-1, /-o/ ) , /-totaw/ ( /-tot-/, /-aw/-1 )
    35. nêhiyawi-ayamihâwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree prayer CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , ayami- ( /ayam-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-h/ , {-â}-5 , /-win/
    36. nêhiyawi-maskihkiy

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      NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
      1. Cree medicine CW
      2. Indigenous medicine, Indian medicine CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , maskihkiy-
    37. nêhiyawi-kâkîsimow

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he prays in Cree, s/he pleads in Cree, s/he chants Cree prayers CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/-1 , /kâkîs-/ , /-mo/ ( /-m/-1, /-o/ )
    38. nêhiyawi-mîcisowin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree meal CW
      2. Cree eating habits CW
      3. Cree food, Cree food supply CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , mîciso- , /-win/
    39. nêhiyawi-pimâtisiw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he lives a Cree life, s/he lives as a Cree person CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /pim-/ , /-âtisi/ ( /-ât-/-2, /-isi/ )
    40. nêhiyawi-pîkiskwêw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he speaks Cree, s/he uses Cree words CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /pîkisk-/ , /-wê/
    41. nêhiyawi-sîwîhtâkan

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree salt CW
      2. traditional salt, Indian salt CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /sîw-/-1 , /-ht/-2 , /-âkan/-2
    42. nêhiyawi-têhtapiwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree bench CW
      2. Cree-style seat CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /têht-/ , api- ( /ap-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-win/
    43. nêhiyawi-masinahikan

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree book CW AECD
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /masin-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ikan/
    44. nêhiyawi-masinahikêw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he writes in Cree syllabics, s/he is literate in Cree syllabics CW
      2. s/he writes in Cree CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /masin-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ikê/-1
    45. nêhiyawi-nanâtawihow

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he is treated by Cree medicine, s/he is doctored in the Cree way CW
      2. s/he is healed by Cree medicine, s/he is cured by Cree medicine CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /nanâtaw-/-1 , /-h/ , /-o/
    46. nêhiyawi-pîkiskwêwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree speech, the Cree language CW
      2. Cree literary text CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /pîkisk-/ , /-wê/ , /-win/
    47. nêhiyawi-wîhtamawâkan

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree etymology, Cree teaching CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , wîht- , /-amaw/ , /-âkan/-2
    48. nêhiyawi-mawimoscikêwin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree ceremony, Cree rite CW
      2. Cree prayer, Cree form of worship, Cree form of crying out in prayer, Cree wailing CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , mawimo- ( /maw-/, /-mo/ ) , /-st/-2 , /-ikê/-1 , /-win/
    49. nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamawêw

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      VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: nitonawêw   📖
      1. s/he teaches s.o. Cree, s/he teaches s.o. Cree ways CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/
    50. nêhiyawi-maskihkîwiskwêw

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      NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
      1. Cree midwife CW
      2. traditional Indigenous midwife, Indian midwife CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , maskihkiy- , iskwêw-
    51. nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamâkosiw

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      VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
      1. s/he learns Cree, s/he learns Cree ways CW
      2. s/he attends Cree school CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ikosi/ ( /-ikw-/, /-isi/ )
    52. nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamâtowin

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      NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
      1. Cree education, Cree schooling CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ito/ , /-win/
    53. nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamâtowikamik

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      NI-3 💧   like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w)   📖
      1. Cree school, Cree immersion school CW
      1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ito/ , [wi] , /-kamikw/
    54. 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/
    55. payipwât

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      NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
      1. Piapot [lit: "Hole-in-the-Sioux"; Cree chief, signatory to Treaty 4; from the nêhiyawipwâtak or Piapot Band] CW
      1. Word components: /paýip-/ , pwât-