noun, animate a beaver pelt

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate mucus, phlegm, snot

verb, transitive animate s/he puts h/ in the water

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate 1) a dress, robe 2) regional (east coast), otherwise obsolete: a coat 3) regional (west coast & praries): a blanket

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he places h/, sits h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

demonstrative, inanimate (neutral) that, that one

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate a wooden pole (especially one for building lodges)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive 1) it is livid, dark-blue 2) it is bruised

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) s/he lends sth to others

verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) s/he tires others

verb, transitive animate (reduplication) s/he repeatedly talks about h/

verb, inanimate intransitive it is stiff

demonstrative, inanimate (focus) this is the one that... (i.e., creates cleft sentences by putting the topic of the previous passage, thought, or conversation into focus)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle intensely, very

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

demonstrative, inanimate (focus) that is the one that... (i.e., creates cleft sentences by putting the topic of the previous passage, thought, or conversation into focus)

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive it is frozen to a certain degree or extent

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate a language, a dialect

prenoun all (for periods of time)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

preverb for verbs of the independent order with third person subjects: 1) conveys a prospective aspect when preceding a verb conjugated in the indicative mode (i.e.: describes events that are yet to occur); kata kimiwan it will rain 2) conveys a conditional mood

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

pronoun, inanimate which tree (interrogatively)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate (toponym) 1) Kashechewan, Ontario 2) obsolete: Albany Post, Ontario

Speaker: Hilda Jeffries

preverb (+ conjunct order) introduces a subordinate clause that describes an event that is dependent or subsequent to the main clause or that has yet to occur; Ki natawelimitin kici mîcisoyan. I want you to eat.

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he sets forth hauling camp

verb, animate intransitive s/he hushes

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he scolds h/

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive 1) it (wood) is hot 2) the floor is hot

Speaker: susa

verb, transitive animate s/he exalts h/

noun, inanimate semi-dried meat

verb, animate intransitive s/he wipes h/ hand(s) clean

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate 1) s/he scrapes or scratches h/ (using sth) 2) (of a fish) s/he scales it

verb, animate intransitive it swirls as it boils

noun, animate an orphan

noun, inanimate (locative) in the north, to the north

verb, transitive inanimate s/he growls at it

particle along a hill, mountain

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, animate a glove

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is tame, docile

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he has a big belly

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it (hill, mountain) is hard

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive h/ face is red

noun, inanimate red sphagnum

verb, transitive inanimate s/he likes its smell - synonym wîhkimâhtam

verb, animate intransitive s/he is good

verb, animate intransitive s/he has an abscessed nail

verb, transitive animate s/he finds h/

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive (reciprocal, plural) they conjure against one another - synonym manitôhkâtitowak, mitehkahtâtowak

particle ten (sheet-like) things

verb, animate intransitive s/he arrives (by boat)

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive 1) it is large 2) there is a large quantity of it

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate (reduplication) s/he finds h/ extraordinary

noun, animate a foreigner, a stranger

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is Saturday

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive it starts to flow or trickle

noun, inanimate obsolete: see mîniš, omînima

particle no, not

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate s/he pulls it out from under the surface

verb, animate intransitive s/he is thankful, s/he gives thanks

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive it (island) is flat

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is flat

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive s/he pretends to sleep

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he fetches it (by vehicle) 2) s/he goes to it (by vehicle)

verb, transitive inanimate s/he walks leeward

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

third person prefix for possessed nouns

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, dependent animate h/ grandmother(s)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, dependent inanimate 1) h/ sole (of the foot) 2) its hind paw pad

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive a pilot

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate 1) a net maker 2) a spider

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he reaches h/ (walking)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he makes sth for h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (reciprocal, plural) they make sth (animate) for each other

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, dependent animate h/ unguis (e.g., nail, claw, or hoof)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate 1) cloth 2) a rag

Speaker: susa

particle one (sheet-like) thing

noun, inanimate 1) ash 2) mantle (on a gas lantern)

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive s/he is gummy

verb, animate intransitive archaic: s/he puts h/ mittens on

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (reflexive) s/he dries h/ own clothes

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate 1) s/he brings h/ indoors 2) s/he brings h/ in

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he enters a dwelling 2) s/he enters

Speaker: susa

verb, transitive animate s/he breaks it (using h/ mouth)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it screams

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate s/he screams at it

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) s/he prepares

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he propels a missile at h/ using a sling

particle (interjection) used as a salution (e.g., goodbye, hello, etc.)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate mirror

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he has a white head 2) s/he has white hair

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a rabbit skin (prepared)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle even; Nikî papâmohten e iskani-kîšikâk, nama wâwâc kekwân maka nikî misken. I have been walking around all day and found not even a thing.

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he sleeps with h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate renal fat

verb, animate intransitive h/ knees are dirty

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle ever; nama wîskâc never

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate 1) sickness 2) labour, parturition 3) menstruation, a menstrual period

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive see âkawâštew

noun, animate Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate s/he screws it tightly (i.e., to fasten using a screw)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle (interjection) oh my!

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive h/ ears are cold

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he makes a rattle