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ᐅᐸᔅᑎᓐviiit blows upwarduuhpaastin
ᐅᐸᔅᑲᐃᑭᓐnisupport pole for clothes-lineuuhpaaskaahikin
ᐅᑈᒥᑭᓐnidher/his thigh boneupwaamikin
ᐅᑈᒪᐅᒄnidher/his thigh muscleupwaamaaukw
ᐅᑈᒻnidher/his thighupwaam
ᐅᔌᑭᓐnatobacco pipeuspwaakin
ᐅᑎᐱᐅᑦnibasket (made of plant roots--also generic)utipiiut
ᐅᑎᐱᑎᒄnitree rootutipiihtikw
ᐅᑎᐱᔨᐅᐤvaiit (anim, plant) has rootsutipiyihuw
ᐅᑎᐱᔾnarootutipiiy
ᐅᑎᑉnidbrainutiihp
ᐅᑎᑎᐳᐤvaishe/he kneels crouched over, in a ball-formation with weight on legsutiitipuw
ᐅᑎᑎᑭᓐnidits (anim) wingutiihtikin
ᐅᑎᑎᒥᓂᑭᓐnidher/his upper arm bone, humerusutiihtiminikin
ᐅᑎᑎᒥᓐnidher/his shoulderutiihtimin
ᐅᑎᑎᓐviithe snow is slightly frozen (hard enough to walk on); it is slightly frozen snowutitin
ᐅᑎᑕᐊᒻvtishe/he reaches, arrives at it there (using something, ex paddle)utiihtaaham
ᐅᑎᑕᐛᐤvtashe/he reaches him/her, it (anim, ex camp) with somethingutiihtaahwaaw
ᐅᑎᑕᐤvai+oshe/he reaches it (by walking)utiihtaaw
ᐅᑎᑕᐱᓱᐤvaithe smell of smoke reaches him/herutiihtaapisuw
ᐅᑎᑕᒥᑕᐤvaishe/he taps her/his foot on somethingutitaamiihtaaw
ᐅᑎᑕᒧᓂᐱᔪᐤvai/iishe/he, it falls down on, rolls onto her/his, its (anim) stomachutitaamuunipiyuw
ᐅᑎᑕᒧᓂᒻvtishe/he holds it upside-downutitaamuunim
ᐅᑎᑕᒧᓂᓯᒪᐤvtashe/he lies him/her, it (anim) down on her/his, its (anim) stomachutitaamuunisimaaw
ᐅᑎᑕᒧᓂᓯᓐ1vaishe/he lies with her/his face to the groundutitaamunisin


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