verb, animate intransitive (diminutive) s/he is small

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate seaweed

verb, animate intransitive s/he makes a pot

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he an ass, a idiot, a fool

prenoun common, ordinary

noun, animate a toad - synonym alîkiš, pipiko-alîkiš

verb, animate intransitive s/he writes it in Cree - synonym ililiwasinaham

noun, inanimate native medicine

verb, animate intransitive s/he speaks Cree

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive 1) he is a man 2) s/he is a human being 3) s/he is Cree

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive animate s/he carries sth thither for h/ on foot

verb, inanimate intransitive it is freeze-up

noun, animate any diurnal raptor such as goshawks, harriers, and hawks (excluding buzzards)

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, transitive animate 1) s/he carries h/ while setting forth on foot 2) s/he sets forth with h/ on foot

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

noun, animate a liar

verb, transitive animate s/he stops h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle quickly

verb, animate intransitive s/he marks it (i.e., for identification)

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive (antipassive) s/he teaches

verb, animate intransitive (inverse) s/he is taught by it

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

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive it (mineral) is hot

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate a snowshoe crossbar

verb, animate/inanimate intransitive 1) s/he, it jerks 2) s/he is shocked 3) s/he wakes up abruptly

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate 1) s/he finds it quiet and somber 2) s/he is quiet and somber

verb, animate intransitive s/he seems quiet and somber

verb, inanimate intransitive (reduplication) it rebounds repeatedly

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, animate a pig

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is snowy

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he has big ankles

verb, transitive animate s/he pulls out h/ tooth

noun, inanimate a line from which a hammock or swing hangs

verb, animate intransitive s/he swings (in a hammock or swing)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

verb, animate intransitive (diminutive) 1) s/he is good 2) s/he has a pleasant appearance

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

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

noun, inanimate 1) a rumen 2) a paunch, a potbelly

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

particle haphazardly

verb, transitive animate (reduplication) s/he complies with what h/ says, s/he obeys h/

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he requests permission to marry a woman (e.g., to ask a parent for their daughter’s hand in marriage)

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is four years old

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate s/he sings to it

particle eighty

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is eight years old

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive it is the eighteenth day (of a month)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

particle eight (string-like) things

particle eight (mineral) things

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

particle seven (string-like) things

particle seven (mineral) things

verb, inanimate intransitive (plural) they are twenty

noun, dependent animate (diminutive) h/ puppy

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he has warts

noun, dependent inanimate h/ sinew

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate the Omushkego dialect of Cree (i.e., Swampy Cree)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a person afflicted with involuntary tremors

verb, animate intransitive s/he has a hairy chest

noun, animate Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it has a yellowish or brownish hue

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

noun, dependent inanimate its wing

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate 1) s/he sucks it, takes it (with h/ mouth) - variant otatehtam 2) slang: s/he has a wedgie from it being stuck between h/ buttocks - synonym pasânahkitiyehtam, sihpotiyehtam

noun, inanimate cough syrup - variant oštoštocikanâpoy

verb, animate intransitive (reflexive) s/he dislikes h/self

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, inanimate intransitive it is frozen thin (i.e., the surface of a body of water)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive s/he is thin

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, inanimate intransitive 1) it (current) flows hither 2) it (tide) flows

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle (reduplication) one at a time

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate s/he approaches audibly on foot - synonym petwewešin

verb, animate intransitive it is the first day (of a month)

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a toad - synonym alîkiš, ililato-alîkiš

verb, animate intransitive it is empty

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, inanimate a woodchip

verb, animate intransitive s/he walks barefoot

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, transitive inanimate s/he stabs it

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle 1) diligently, meticulously 2) by extension, gently - synonym pehkâc, peyahtak

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) s/he shakes h/ head repeatedly from side to side - synonym wewepiskwepalihow

verb, animate intransitive (reduplication) it wags its tail repeatedly

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, dependent animate 1) his fellow man 2) his compatriot

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive contraction of niyânânewipiponwesiw

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

verb, animate intransitive contraction of niyânânewišâpokonakisiw

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

particle contraction of niyânânewâpisk

particle occasionally, now and then

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

Speaker: Susan Cheechoo

noun, animate a duck

Speaker: Eleanor McLeod

verb, animate intransitive s/he does the duck dance