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  1. Morph-NA-4w  
    1. nighthawk [onomatopoeia: “pîsk, pîsk”] WMDD
    1. NA-4w 🧑🏽   like: wâhkwa, ihkwa   📖
      1. nighthawk, common nighthawk, mosquito hawk [Lat. Chordeiles minor] CW
      1. Word components: pîskw- , {-a}-1
    2. Morph-NA-3  
      1. great eagle [cf. apiskway-] WMDD
      1. Morph-R  
        1. lump, bumpy, humped WMDD
        1. piskwâw

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          VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
          1. it is lumpy, it has a lump CW
          2. It has a lump MD
          1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-â/-1
        2. IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
          1. Only MD
          1. piskwahêw

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            VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
            1. s/he piles s.o. in a lump CW
            1. Word components: /piskw-/ , ah-
          2. Morph-NA/I-3-final  
            1. rock, stone, metal; money [cf. /-âpisk-/] WMDD
            1. Morph-R  
              1. knob [cf. /piskw-/] WMDD
              1. Morph-R  
                1. fit in [cf. /tâp-/-2, /tâpis-/] WMDD
                1. piskwacâw

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                  VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                  1. it is a lump, it is a bump CW
                  2. it is shaped like a knob CW
                  3. it is a bunch of hair, it is a tuft of hair CW
                  1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-ac-/** , /-â/-1
                2. piskwahcâw

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                  VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                  1. it is a knoll CW
                  1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-ahc-/ , /-â/-1
                3. Morph-medial  
                  1. back [cf. NDI-1 -spiskwan-] WMDD
                  1. Morph-medial  
                    1. night [cf. VII-1v tipiskâ-, /tipisk-/] WMDD
                    1. piskwastâw

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                      VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: kisihtâw   📖
                      1. s/he piles s.t. in a lump, s/he heaps s.t. up CW
                      1. Word components: /piskw-/ , astâ- ( /ast-/, /-â/-3 )
                    2. piskwastêw

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                      VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                      1. it is a mound, it is piled up CW
                      1. Word components: /piskw-/ , astê- ( /ast-/, /-ê/-1 )
                    3. Morph-NI-3  
                      1. bottle [“môtê-” borrowed from French bouteille + [y] + /-âpiskw/] WMDD
                      1. piskwatinâw

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                        VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                        1. it is a mound, it is a knoll CW
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-atin-/ , /-â/-1
                      2. piskwascikêw

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                        VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                        1. s/he piles things in a lump CW
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /ast-/ , /-ikê/-1
                      3. piskwâpiskâw

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                        VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                        1. it is a reef, it is a low rocky ridge near the waterline CW
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-âpisk-/ , /-â/-1
                      4. piskwahpitwâw

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                        VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                        1. s/he has his/her hair tied in a knot CW
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-ahpitw-/** , /-â/-2
                      5. piskwâkonakâw

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                        VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                        1. there is a lump in the snow, it is a mound of snow CW
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-âkon-ak-/ ( /-âkon-/, /-ak-/-1 ) , /-â/-1
                      6. piskwâwikanêw

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                        VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                        1. it has a lumpy back CW
                        2. s/he has a humped back, s/he is a humpback CW
                        3. He has a hump on his back MD
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , -âwikan- , /-ê/-2
                      7. piskwahpitâwin

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                        NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                        1. forelock, headdress CW
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , /-ahpit/ , /-â/-2 , /-win/
                      8. piskwatanaskaham

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                        VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
                        1. s/he takes the top off s.t. (e.g. pole) CW
                        1. Word components: /piskwat-/ , /-anask-/ , /-ah/-1
                      9. piskwatanaskahwêw

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                        VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: kîskiswêw   📖
                        1. s/he takes the top off s.o. (e.g. tree) CW
                        1. Word components: /piskwat-/ , /-anask-/ , /-ahw/-1
                      10. piskwâwikanêwatim

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                        NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
                        1. camel CW
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , -âwikan- , /-ê/-2 , [w] , atimw-
                      11. piskwatanaskahikêw

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                        VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                        1. s/he takes the tops off things (e.g. poles) CW
                        1. Word components: /piskwat-/ , /-anask-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ikê/-1
                      12. piskwatâpiskataham

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                        VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧   like: nâtam   📖
                        1. s/he shapes a metal knob on s.t. CW
                        1. Word components: /piskwat-/ , /-âpisk-/ , /-atah/
                      13. piskwatâpiskatahwêw

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                        VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: kîskiswêw   📖
                        1. s/he shapes a metal knob on s.o. CW
                        1. Word components: /piskwat-/ , /-âpisk-/ , /-atahw/
                      14. piskwâwikanêwi-pisiskiw

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                        NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                        1. camel CW MD
                        1. Word components: /piskw-/ , -âwikan- , /-ê/-2 , [w] , /-i/ , pisiskiw-
                      15. nêwâpisk

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                        IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                        1. four dollars, $4 [also a man's name: NA-3 nêwâpiskw-] CW
                        1. Word components: /nêw-/ , /-âpiskw/
                      16. Morph-medial  
                        1. rock, stone, metal [cf. /-âpiskw/] WMDD
                        2. metal or stone MC
                        1. Morph-NA-2  
                          1. osprey [cf. apiskw-] WMDD
                          1. Morph-Vr  
                            1. hilly [?? /iT-/ + /piskw-/ ?? /isp-/ + /(p)iskw-/ ??] WMDD
                            1. Morph-R  
                              1. pile up, lump [cf. {CaCê-} mutation of /piskw-at/] WMDD
                              1. Morph-R  
                                1. ?? [possibly misheard for /piskw-/] WMDD