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  1. N   Naming word
    1. A member of another Indian tribe. Used by the Plains Cree for a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy; or any outcast or ostracized member of an Indian band. MD
    1. ayahciyiniw

      linguistic breakdown
      NA 🧑🏽  
      1. a stranger or outsider, i.e.: Plains Crees use it to describe the Blackfoot peoples AECD
      2. Northern Crees use the word to indicate the Slavey-speaking people AECD
      1. ayahciyiniw

        linguistic breakdown
        NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
        1. Blackfoot person, member of the Blackfoot Nation, Niitsitapi person, member of the Blackfoot Confederacy CW
        1. ayahciyiniw

          linguistic breakdown
          NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
          1. Slavey person, member of the Slavey Nation CW
          1. ayahciyiniw

            linguistic breakdown
            NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
            1. stranger, outsider CW
            1. ayahciyinîwiw

              linguistic breakdown
              VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
              1. s/he is a Blackfoot person, s/he is a member of the Blackfoot Nation, s/he is a Niitsitapi person, s/he is a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy CW
              1. ayahciyinîwiw

                linguistic breakdown
                VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                1. s/he is a Slavey person, s/he is member of the Slavey Nation CW
                1. ayahciyinîwiw

                  linguistic breakdown
                  VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                  1. s/he is a stranger, s/he is an outsider CW
                  1. ayahciyinîwikimâw

                    linguistic breakdown
                    NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                    1. Blackfoot chief CW
                    2. enemy chief CW