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  1. wa

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    IPJ   like: hay hay
    1. oh! CW
    1. Word components: wa
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    IPJ   like: hay hay   📖
    1. ah!, oh! CW
    2. so!, well! [introductory] CW
    1. Word components:
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    IPJ   like: hay hay
    1. hey! CW
    2. what? CW
    1. Word components:
  4. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
    1. ongoing, continuing [grammatical preverb: durative, continuative] CW
    2. To always keep doing something MD
    1. Word components: {Ca-}
  5. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
    1. intend to, be about to CW
    1. Word components: {IC} , {wî-}
  6. 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/
  7. 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-
  8. ohci

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. from, from there, thence, out of CW
    2. with, by means of, for the purpose of CW
    3. because of, for that reason CW
    4. for CW MD
    5. from then, from that point in time CW
    6. about CW
    7. From MD
    8. Out of MD
    1. Word components: /oht-/ , /-i/
  9. âstê-kîsikâw

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    1. it is a bright day, it is good weather CW
    2. it ceases being stormy weather, it lets up as severe weather, it becomes better weather CW
    3. The day is calm after a storm MD
    1. Preverb : aste
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    2. Word components: /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1

    form of kîsikâw


    kîsikâw
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    VII-1v 💧➡️   like: kîsikâw   📖
    1. it is day, it is daylight CW
    2. it is daybreak CW
    3. It is day MD
  10. NA-4 🧑🏽   like: niska, êsa   📖
    1. goose CW AECD MD
    2. a Canada goose AECD
    1. Word components: nisk- , {-a}-1
  11. NA-4w 🧑🏽   like: wâhkwa, ihkwa   📖
    1. Ursus Major constellation CW
    1. Word components: maskw- , {-a}-1
  12. anohc

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    IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
    1. now, today, at this time CW
    2. today AECD
    1. Word components: anohc
  13. anohc

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    N   Naming word
    1. Today MD
    2. Presently MD
    3. Now MD
    1. amisk

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      NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
      1. beaver [Lat. Castor canadensis] CW AECD MD
      1. Word components: amiskw-
    2. nisto

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. three, 3 CW
      2. three AECD
      1. Word components: nisto ( /nistw-/, /-i/-1 )
    3. 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-/
    4. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
      1. stop, terminate, quit, cease CW
      2. after CW
      1. Word components: /pôn-/ , /-i/
    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. 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-
    7. ôma

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      IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
      1. it is (this), it is the case CW
      2. the fact that CW
      3. then CW
      4. when CW
      5. as it is, actually, indeed [focus marker] CW
      1. Word components: /aw-/ , {-ima}
    8. nôhtêpayiw

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      VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
      1. s/he runs short of something, i.e.: money or sugar AECD
      1. 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
      2. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
        1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
        1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
      3. N   Naming word
        1. Calgary MD
        1. Morph-VAI-1  
          1. be at peace, be freed from mental anguish [?? < /(wa)wân-/ + /-ask-/ + /ê/ ??] WMDD
          1. amiskwaciy-wâskahikan

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            NA 🧑🏽  
            1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
            1. 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
            2. Morph-NA-3  
              1. beaver WMDD
              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. PrA   like: awa   📖
                  1. I, me, mine CW
                  2. I AECD MD
                  3. Me AECD MD
                  4. Mine AECD MD
                  1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 )
                2. Morph-medial  
                  1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
                  2. eye, vision MC
                  1. Morph-NA-1  
                    1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] WMDD
                    1. Morph-R  
                      1. wait, lie in wait, waylay, guard against [also: /asw-/] WMDD
                      1. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
                        1. would, ought to CW
                        2. could CW
                        3. likely to [grammatical preverb: hypothetical] CW
                        1. Word components: {kâh-}
                      2. êkwatik

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                        IPJ   like: hay hay
                        1. okay now!, let's go! CW
                        1. Word components: êkwa , {-itik}
                      3. 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/
                      4. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
                        1. secretly, in secret, stealthily, by stealth CW
                        2. privately, in private CW
                        1. Word components: /kîmôt-/ , /-i/-1
                      5. Morph-NDI-2  
                        1. tail [also: -sôs- < -soy- + /-is/] WMDD
                        1. 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-}
                        2. asawâpamêw

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                          VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
                          1. s/he looks out for s.o., s/he watches for s.o., s/he waits and watches for s.o., s/he lies in wait for s.o., s/he awaits s.o., s/he expects s.o. CW
                          2. He is on the look-out for him MD
                          1. Word components: /asaw-/ , /-âpam/ ( /-âp-/, /-am/-1 )