verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) s/he seines, fishes using a seine

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a brant (Branta bernicla)

verb, animate intransitive s/he works

Speaker: susa

noun, animate (diminutive) a deacon

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) s/he sits around, stays put

verb, transitive animate 1) s/he pricks h/, pierces h/ 2 A) s/he skewers it B) s/he roasts it on a stick 3) medical: s/he gives h/ an injection

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate

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

noun, inanimate native medicine

verb, transitive animate s/he raises h/ using a rope, s/he hoists h/

verb, animate/inanimate intransitive 1) s/he, it goes a certain distance 2) s/he, it moves at a certain speed 3) (of something mutable) it measures a certain quantity or degree (e.g., temperature, blood pressure, etc.) 4) (of a clock) it indicates a certain time 5) it is a certain time

Example: Tâni espihcipalit pîsimohkân? What time is it on the clock? Tâni espihcipalik? What time is it?

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive it sounds thus

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

preverb (+ conjunct order) conveys a prospective aspect (i.e., describes events that are to occur subsequent to a given time or that are yet to occur); Tâni ke tôtamân? What will I do?

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate s/he soils it (by defecating a little)

verb, transitive animate s/he remembers h/

verb, transitive animate s/he esteems h/

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, inanimate an outlet (of a body of water)

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive s/he seems quiet and somber

verb, transitive animate s/he knocks h/ over (using sth)

verb, transitive animate s/he catches h/ (manually)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he shoves h/ (manually)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate 1) Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2) by extension, a crow (Corvus spp.)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate an eraser

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle afresh, once more

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) s/he chops

particle along a wall

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive it (sheet-like) is soft

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is boastful, proud

verb, transitive animate s/he visits h/

Speaker: Hilda Jeffries

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he is hard 2) s/he is strong 3) s/he is able-bodied

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive it is hardened (by heat)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he makes a road, path

verb, animate intransitive s/he plays

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive s/he makes it look good, nice

verb, animate intransitive 1) it is placed well 2) s/he sits comfortably

verb, inanimate intransitive it is well tied

verb, animate intransitive s/he has a good character, disposition

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

noun, animate a tree

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, animate a chorus frog (Pseudacris spp.)

verb, animate intransitive (plural) they sleep together

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he sounds proper 2) s/he sounds agreeable

verb, transitive animate s/he meets h/

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he resembles h/

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he places h/ wrongly

verb, transitive animate s/he goes to see h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (plural) they are four

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate birth

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he understand h/

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive it is understandable

verb, animate/inanimate intransitive 1) s/he, it falls or tumbles down to the shore 2) s/he, it moves automatically or spontaneously down to the shore 3) s/he drives down to the shore

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he climbs down, descends 2) s/he goes downstairs

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he lifts sth up for h/ (manually)

noun, dependent animate h/ son(s)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is gluttonous

verb, animate intransitive s/he speaks the Omushkego dialect of Cree (i.e., Swampy Cree)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate a powerhouse

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate (diminutive) a spark plug - synonym onimiskiw

noun, dependent inanimate h/ intestine

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) 1) s/he takes things (manually) 2) s/he buys things, s/he shops 3) s/he buys it

noun, dependent inanimate h/ heel

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he sleeps separately

noun, animate a wild man, a person who lives in the wilderness

nominalization, animate the Holy Spirit

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is daybreak

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

particle one handful

verb, inanimate intransitive it lies

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he cooks for h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he hauls sth along

verb, transitive animate s/he carries h/ along

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it (sheet-like) is oily, greasy

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate a post office

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

verb, animate intransitive it is dehydrated, dry

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he pours fat or oil in 2) s/he gasses up (e.g., a vehicle)

verb, transitive animate s/he breaks it (by chopping)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) it is bushy, dense 2) s/he is shaggy

verb, transitive animate s/he pokes h/ in the eye(s) (manually) - synonym cahkâpinew

verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) s/he loads a vehicle (e.g., a boat, a car, a train, etc.)

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, inanimate river water

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate 1) s/he holds it (using sth) 2) s/he steers it

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he holds h/ (manually)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is cold

noun, animate a playing card

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) 1) s/he measures 2) s/he pays

verb, transitive animate s/he judges h/

verb, animate intransitive s/he is fat (i.e., corpulent)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle scattered, dispersed

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate a Chokecherry shrub (Prunus virginiana)

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive h/ eyes are clean (i.e., the area around the eyes)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a cannibal

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate (toponym) James Bay

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it narrates, relates - synonym tipâcimômakan

particle dialectal (west coast): increasingly, more and more

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is frozen

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a direct ancestor or descendent any number of generations removed from grandparents or grandchildren (e.g., a (great-)great-grandparent, a (great-)great-grandchild, etc.)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he throws h/ out of the way

verb, transitive animate s/he pierces through it