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  1. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
    1. downstream CW
    1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
      1. Punnichy, SK CW
      1. wîhkitisiw

        linguistic breakdown
        VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
        1. it tastes good, it is tasty (e.g. fish, bannock) CW
        2. He tastes delicious. MD
        3. it is tasty, i.e.: fish or bread AECD
        1. nôcikinosêwêw

          linguistic breakdown
          VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
          1. s/he fishes, s/he goes fishing, s/he goes for fish CW
          2. s/he is engaged in fishing CW
          3. s/he is fishing AECD
          4. s/he is an angler AECD
          1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
            1. Ile-à-la-Crosse, SK, Woods Cree and Métis community [literally: "where waters meet"] CW
            1. NDA-1 👤🧑🏽   like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-)   📖
              1. my wife, my woman, my (female) lover CW
              1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                1. Whitefish Lake, SK CW
                2. Big River, SK CW
                1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                  1. Big River, SK CW
                  2. northern Plains Cree reserve CW
                  1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                    1. Whitefish Lake, SK CW
                    2. Big River, SK CW
                    3. northern Plains Cree reserve CW
                    1. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                      1. Jackfish Lake, SK, near Cochin, SK [literally: "fish lake"] CW
                      1. V  
                        1. He gives him an Indian name. MD
                        1. INM   like: otôskwanihk
                          1. Good Fish Lake, SK CW
                          1. V  
                            1. He swallows. MD
                            1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                              1. Carrot River, SK CW
                              1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                1. Shoal Lake Cree Nation, SK CW
                                2. Cree reserve CW
                                1. IPN   like: amisko-
                                  1. fish, pertaining to fish CW
                                  1. V  
                                    1. He is given an Indian name. MD
                                    1. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                      1. Duck Lake, SK CW
                                      1. pîhc-âyihk

                                        linguistic breakdown
                                        IPC ⚡️   like: anohc   📖
                                        1. inside, indoors, in a place (e.g. tent, house CW
                                        2. fish CW
                                        3. mouth CW
                                        4. hat CW
                                        5. fenced-in area, pasture, churchyard) CW
                                        6. Inside a building. MD
                                        1. miyay

                                          linguistic breakdown
                                          NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                                          1. mariah fish, burbot [Lat. Lota lota] CW
                                          1. âhâ

                                            linguistic breakdown
                                            IPJ   like: hay hay
                                            1. oho!, holy! CW
                                            1. NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
                                              1. Norway House, MB, Swampy Cree community [literally: "fish river"] CW
                                              1. îhaw

                                                linguistic breakdown
                                                IPJ   like: hay hay
                                                1. well now, ho! CW
                                                1. NI-5 💧   like: ôsi, mihko   📖
                                                  1. large boat CW
                                                  2. big canoe CW AECD
                                                  1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                    1. Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation, SK [literally: "at duck lake"] CW
                                                    2. Duck Lake, SK CW
                                                    1. VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                                                      1. s/he is named so in English CW
                                                      2. s/he has (it as) a white man name, s/he has (it as) a non-Indian name, s/he has (it as) a non-Indigenous name CW
                                                      1. ahâ

                                                        linguistic breakdown
                                                        IPJ   like: hay hay   📖
                                                        1. ya CW
                                                        2. okay CW
                                                        3. agreed CW
                                                        1. linguistic breakdown
                                                          IPJ   like: hay hay   📖
                                                          1. well, ho CW
                                                          1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                            1. Otter Rapids, SK CW
                                                            1. tahtonisk

                                                              linguistic breakdown
                                                              IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                                                              1. so many fathoms CW
                                                              2. so many yards [unit of measurement from chin to fingertip] CW
                                                              1. okwâskwêpicikêw

                                                                linguistic breakdown
                                                                NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                                                                1. angler, fisherman, one who fishes with hook and line CW
                                                                2. One who fishes with hook and line. MD
                                                                1. nistwayak

                                                                  linguistic breakdown
                                                                  IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                                                                  1. Nistowiak Falls, SK CW
                                                                  1. IPN   like: amisko-
                                                                    1. duck, pertaining to a duck CW
                                                                    1. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                                                      1. Saulteaux First Nation, SK, Cree and Saulteaux reserve name CW
                                                                      1. NI-5 💧   like: ôsi, mihko   📖
                                                                        1. new boat CW
                                                                        1. IPN   like: amisko-
                                                                          1. salt, salty CW
                                                                          1. wâpamêkosis

                                                                            linguistic breakdown
                                                                            NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                                                                            1. young whale, young beluga CW
                                                                            2. young fish CW
                                                                            1. VAI 🧑🏽➡️  
                                                                              1. s/he performs religious rites AECD
                                                                              1. iyaw

                                                                                linguistic breakdown
                                                                                IPJ   like: hay hay
                                                                                1. well now CW
                                                                                2. oops CW
                                                                                3. ho! CW
                                                                                1. yaw

                                                                                  linguistic breakdown
                                                                                  IPJ   like: hay hay
                                                                                  1. well now CW
                                                                                  2. oops CW
                                                                                  3. ho! CW
                                                                                  1. yâw

                                                                                    linguistic breakdown
                                                                                    IPJ   like: hay hay   📖
                                                                                    1. well now CW
                                                                                    2. oops CW
                                                                                    3. ho! CW
                                                                                    1. wah

                                                                                      linguistic breakdown
                                                                                      IPJ   like: hay hay
                                                                                      1. well CW
                                                                                      2. oh! CW
                                                                                      3. ho! CW
                                                                                      1. N   Naming word
                                                                                        1. His cross-cousin, a female, or vice versa. MD
                                                                                        2. His sweetheart. MD
                                                                                        1. apiskway

                                                                                          linguistic breakdown
                                                                                          NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                                                                                          1. osprey [Lat. Pandion haliaetus] CW
                                                                                          2. sea hawk, river hawk, fish hawk CW
                                                                                          1. nîsonisk

                                                                                            linguistic breakdown
                                                                                            IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                                                                                            1. two fathoms CW
                                                                                            1. NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                                                                                              1. cucumber [literally: "our deceased grandmother"] CW
                                                                                              1. nâpê-mâyacihkos

                                                                                                linguistic breakdown
                                                                                                NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                                                                                                1. ram CW
                                                                                                2. male sheep CW
                                                                                                3. a goat AECD
                                                                                                1. NA 🧑🏽  
                                                                                                  1. a chicken AECD
                                                                                                  1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                                                                    1. Stoney Rapids, SK CW
                                                                                                    2. Dene community in northern Saskatchewan CW
                                                                                                    1. NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
                                                                                                      1. Old Man River, AB [literally: "people's Mitewin Lodge river"] CW
                                                                                                      1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                                                                        1. Grand Rapids, MB, Swampy Cree community [literally: "at the big rapids"] CW