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  1. wa

    linguistic breakdown
    IPJ   like: hay hay
    1. oh! CW
    1. linguistic breakdown
      IPJ   like: hay hay
      1. so CW
      2. well [introductory] CW
      1. linguistic breakdown
        IPJ   like: hay hay
        1. hey CW
        2. what? CW
        1. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
          1. ongoing, continuing [reduplicative grammatical preverb] CW
          2. To always keep doing something. MD
          1. IPV ⚡️   like: pê-
            1. intend to, be about to CW
            1. atihkamêk

              linguistic breakdown
              NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
              1. whitefish CW AECD MD
              1. apisci-kâhkâkîs

                linguistic breakdown
                NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                1. magpie CW
                1. akâmihk

                  linguistic breakdown
                  N   Naming word
                  1. Montana Reserve. MD
                  2. across the water or across the lake AECD
                  1. INM   like: otôskwanihk
                    1. Montana First Nation, AB CW
                    2. Montana Reserve, AB [literally: "across the water"] CW
                    1. nêhiyaw

                      linguistic breakdown
                      NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                      1. Nehiyaw CW
                      2. Cree, Cree man, Cree person, First Nations person, Indigenous person CW
                      3. A Cree Indian man. MD
                      4. A native of the Cree nation. MD
                      5. an aboriginal person AECD
                      6. a Cree AECD
                      1. nâpêwinâkosiwin

                        linguistic breakdown
                        NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                        1. looking like a male, male appearance CW
                        2. being manly AECD
                        3. manlike AECD
                        1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                          1. Lethbridge, AB [literally: "at the coal"] CW
                          1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                            1. Missoula, Montana CW
                            1. asinîwaciy

                              linguistic breakdown
                              N   Naming word
                              1. A rocky mountain or alp. MD
                              1. awasâpisk

                                linguistic breakdown
                                IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                                1. British Columbia, BC CW
                                1. awasâpiskohk

                                  linguistic breakdown
                                  IPC ⚡️   like: anohc
                                  1. British Columbia, BC CW
                                  1. misisâhkwacinâs

                                    linguistic breakdown
                                    NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                    1. horsefly hill, site of St. Pauls' Hospital in Saskatoon, SK CW
                                    1. kino-wâpiskaskowaskiy

                                      linguistic breakdown
                                      NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
                                      1. Aotearoa, New Zealand, Land of the Long White Cloud [literally: "long white cloud land"] CW
                                      1. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                        1. saskatoon willow CW
                                        1. misâskwatôminâhtik

                                          linguistic breakdown
                                          NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
                                          1. saskatoon willow CW
                                          1. misicâhk

                                            linguistic breakdown
                                            NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
                                            1. horsefly CW
                                            1. misisâhk

                                              linguistic breakdown
                                              NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
                                              1. horsefly CW AECD
                                              2. bullfly CW
                                              3. A horse fly. MD
                                              1. pimitatinawa

                                                linguistic breakdown
                                                NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
                                                1. range of hills running parallel to the South Saskatchewan River east of Sutherland at Saskatoon, SK CW
                                                1. nêhiyawi-tôtam

                                                  linguistic breakdown
                                                  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. misâskwatwâhtik

                                                    linguistic breakdown
                                                    NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
                                                    1. saskatoon willow, wood of saskatoon CW
                                                    2. the wood of a saskatoon shrub AECD
                                                    3. saskatoon berry (Northern). alt. misâskwatominaht (Plains) AECD
                                                    1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                      1. Wetaskiwin, AB CW
                                                      1. wîtaskîwin

                                                        linguistic breakdown
                                                        NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                                        1. Wetaskiwin, AB CW
                                                        1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                          1. sandy ridge running parallel to the South Saskatchewan River on the west side of Saskatoon, SK CW
                                                          1. nêhiyaw-askiy

                                                            linguistic breakdown
                                                            NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
                                                            1. Cree reserve, Cree land CW
                                                            2. aboriginal land or territory AECD
                                                            3. reservation AECD
                                                            1. kâhkâkiw

                                                              linguistic breakdown
                                                              NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                                                              1. raven CW MD
                                                              2. crow [in some regions; e.g. northern Alberta, Rocky Boy, MT,...] CW AECD
                                                              1. NI 💧  
                                                                1. a saskatoon berry AECD
                                                                1. mistatihkamêk

                                                                  linguistic breakdown
                                                                  NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
                                                                  1. whitefish CW
                                                                  1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                                    1. Stoney Rapids, SK CW
                                                                    2. Dene community in northern Saskatchewan CW
                                                                    1. misâskwat

                                                                      linguistic breakdown
                                                                      NA-3 🧑🏽   like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w)   📖
                                                                      1. saskatoon willow, saskatoon bush CW
                                                                      2. a saskatoon shrub or bush AECD
                                                                      1. nâpêwakêyimêw

                                                                        linguistic breakdown
                                                                        VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽   like: wîcihêw   📖
                                                                        1. s/he thinks s.o. is a man, s/he thinks s.o. is a good man, s/he thinks s.o. is manly CW
                                                                        2. s/he thinks him to be a good man AECD
                                                                        1. mihcikwanikan

                                                                          linguistic breakdown
                                                                          NDI-1 👤💧   like: mitêh (-têh-), mîpit (-îpit-)   📖
                                                                          1. kneebone CW
                                                                          1. nihcikwanikan

                                                                            linguistic breakdown
                                                                            1. my kneebone 🤖CW
                                                                            2. my kneebone CW

                                                                              form of mihcikwanikan


                                                                              mihcikwanikan

                                                                              NDI-1 👤💧   like: mitêh (-têh-), mîpit (-îpit-)   📖
                                                                              1. kneebone CW
                                                                            1. wîhkaskwaciy

                                                                              linguistic breakdown
                                                                              NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay   📖
                                                                              1. Sweetgrass Hills, AB [on the border between Alberta and Montana] CW
                                                                              1. NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                                                                1. Swan Lake, MB CW
                                                                                1. nêhiyawi-tôtawêw

                                                                                  linguistic breakdown
                                                                                  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. kaskatinâw

                                                                                    linguistic breakdown
                                                                                    NI 💧  
                                                                                    1. a butte AECD
                                                                                    1. kaskatinâw

                                                                                      linguistic breakdown
                                                                                      VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
                                                                                      1. it is a butte CW
                                                                                      1. wîtaskîwinihk

                                                                                        linguistic breakdown
                                                                                        1. Wetaskiwin. MD

                                                                                          form of wîtaskîwin


                                                                                          wîtaskîwin

                                                                                          N   Naming word
                                                                                          1. The act of taking land as one's own land living on it. MD
                                                                                        1. misâskwacosihk

                                                                                          linguistic breakdown
                                                                                          IPC ⚡️   like: anohc   📖
                                                                                          1. among the saskatoon willows CW
                                                                                          1. manimisâskwatwêw

                                                                                            linguistic breakdown
                                                                                            VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                                                                                            1. s/he gathers Saskatoon willows CW
                                                                                            1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                                                              1. Saskatoon, SK [literally: "land of the saskatoon willows"] CW
                                                                                              1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                                                                1. Blackfoot country CW
                                                                                                2. in enemy territory, amongst the enemy CW
                                                                                                1. otasiskîkamikow

                                                                                                  linguistic breakdown
                                                                                                  VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                                                                                                  1. s/he has a mud dwelling CW
                                                                                                  2. s/he has a dwelling made of mud or clay CW
                                                                                                  3. s/he is a person indigenous to the Missouri River area, s/he is Missouri River Indian [probably to be identified with the Mandan and/or Hidatsa] CW
                                                                                                  1. okâminakasîwiw

                                                                                                    linguistic breakdown
                                                                                                    VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️   like: nipâw   📖
                                                                                                    1. it is a thorn-tree, it is a brier CW
                                                                                                    2. it is a Canada thistle CW
                                                                                                    1. okâminakasiy

                                                                                                      linguistic breakdown
                                                                                                      NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy   📖
                                                                                                      1. thorn-tree, brier CW
                                                                                                      2. Canada thistle CW AECD
                                                                                                      3. A thistle. MD
                                                                                                      4. a thorn, i.e., from a rose bush. Var. kakasisiwat AECD
                                                                                                      1. pwâtaskisin

                                                                                                        linguistic breakdown
                                                                                                        NI-1 💧   like: cîmân, astotin   📖
                                                                                                        1. Dakota moccasin, Sioux moccasin CW
                                                                                                        1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                                                                          1. Ponoka, AB [literally: "at the bridge, wharf, or ford"] CW
                                                                                                          1. napakistikwân

                                                                                                            linguistic breakdown
                                                                                                            NA-1 🧑🏽   like: pahkwêsikan, asikan   📖
                                                                                                            1. Flathead person, Flathead Indian, member of the Flathood Nation CW
                                                                                                            1. INM   like: otôskwanihk   📖
                                                                                                              1. Saskatoon, SK [literally: "at the berry"] CW