noun, inanimate seaweed

noun, animate 1) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2) generally, any number of blackbirds of similar appearance such as the Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, and the introduced European Starling

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (plural) they are few

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) s/he pitches on the waves

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (inverse) s/he sneezes because of it (sth inhaled or ingested) - synonym elimoškâkow

noun, animate a baby - variant cîciy

noun, animate a wart

noun, inanimate milk - variant côcôšinâpoy

noun, animate a native-style snowshoe

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is written in Cree

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate native medicine

noun, animate 1) a Native American woman 2) a Cree woman

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a dry Balsam Fir (still standing)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he is alive 2) s/he is a human being

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is tired

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it (stick-like) is a certain length

verb, animate intransitive s/he attends school, s/he gets an education

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is deceitful

noun, inanimate deceit

verb, animate intransitive s/he remembers (i.e., s/he keeps sth in mind)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he paddles off, s/he starts to paddle away 2) s/he swims off, s/he starts to swim away

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he starts it, s/he starts on it

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he puts sth on h/ (i.e., clothing, an ornament, etc.)

verb, animate intransitive s/he is a liar

verb, transitive inanimate s/he heats it

particle quickly

verb, animate intransitive s/he is hot

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive inanimate s/he learns by watching it

verb, transitive animate s/he learns by watching h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he suddenly remembers

verb, transitive animate s/he reminds h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he is enthusiastic about h/

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive s/he moves enthusiastically

verb, animate intransitive s/he stands still and somber

noun, animate a butterfly

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) it moves up and down repeatedly as it boils

nominalization, animate (plural) small change

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate (diminutive) a facecloth

verb, transitive inanimate s/he growls at it

verb, transitive animate (reduplication) s/he strokes h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he has big knees

noun, inanimate 1) a hammock 2) by extension, a swing

noun, inanimate a thumb

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive h/ face is red

verb, transitive animate s/he heats it (mineral) until it is red-hot

verb, animate intransitive s/he piles firewood

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

particle 1) ten (stick-like) things 2) by extension, ten shots

verb, animate intransitive (passive) s/he is wounded

noun, inanimate a pair of scissors - synonym sîsas

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication, antipassive) 1) s/he bites repeatedly 2) s/he chews

verb, transitive animate (reduplication) 1) s/he bites h/ repeatedly 2) s/he chews it

verb, animate intransitive 1) s/he is a fish 2) s/he is fishy

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate (reduplication) s/he complies with it, s/he obeys it

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is four years old

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate an otter

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle 1) six (stick-like) things 2) by extension, six shots

verb, transitive animate (reduplication) s/he watches h/ continuously

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) s/he watches it continuously

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) s/he nods h/ head repeatedly - synonym nânâmiskwepalihow, nânâmištikwânepalihow

verb, animate intransitive its wing(s) breaks in two

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle 1) seven (stick-like) things 2) by extension, seven shots

verb, animate intransitive s/he has warts

noun, dependent inanimate h/ nape

noun, inanimate 1) authority 2) biblical: kingdom

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive see okiskiwâhikewiw

verb, inanimate intransitive 1) archaic: there are many thunderbirds 2) by extension, there is a thunderstorm

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, transitive animate s/he has h/ as a grandchild

noun, animate 1) a maternal uncle 2) an uncle (i.e., husband of a paternal aunt) 3) a father-in-law

verb, animate intransitive s/he is bony

noun, animate Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle (reduplication) 1) in groups of eleven, eleven by eleven 2) eleven each

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle (reduplication) 1) one by one, singly 2) one each

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is thickly wooded

verb, animate intransitive 1) it consists of small pieces, it is fine 2) (of money) it is small change

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, animate Black Spruce (Picea mariana)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he walks barefoot

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication, antipassive) obsolete: s/he offers a sacrifice (i.e., to invoke a deity)

verb, animate/inanimate intransitive it is fulfilled, accomplished

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he makes h/self roll

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate/inanimate intransitive s/he, it rolls

noun, inanimate a Chokecherry shrub (Prunus virginiana)

verb, transitive inanimate (reduplication) 1) s/he plans with regard to it 2) s/he plans

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate (reduplication) s/he plans with regard to h/

verb, transitive animate s/he binds h/ (i.e., to wrap and tie)

noun, animate a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle contraction of niyânânew

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle contraction of niyânânewek

verb, inanimate intransitive (plural) contraction of niyânânewinwa

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (plural) they are eight

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive contraction of niyânânewišâpokonakisiw

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle contraction of niyânânewâpisk

verb, transitive inanimate 1) s/he sees through it 2) medical: s/he radiographs it (e.g., x-ray)

verb, animate/inanimate intransitive s/he is soaked, drenched

noun, animate a duck

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, animate a man-made duck (i.e., a duck decoy, a stuffed duck, a statue, etc.)