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ᑎᑯᒋᒐᐛᐤvtashe/he crushes someone's hand, using somethingtikuchiihchaahwaaw
ᑎᑯᒋᒐᔅᑯᐛᐤvtashe/he steps on someone's handtikuchiichaaskuwaaw
ᑎᑯᓐviiit exists, there is something, it is theretikun
ᑎᑯᓯᐱᒍᐤvaishe/he arrives back from winter camptikusipichuw
ᑎᑯᓯᓐvaishe/he arrivestikusin
ᑎᑯᓴᐅᔭᐤvtashe/he arrives at her/his destination taking another person there by canoetikusaauyaaw
ᑎᐧᑲᐱᔅᒋᓯᒻvtishe/he melts ice off something (stone, metal)tiihkaapischisim
ᑎᐧᑲᐸᐅᑕᐤvai+oshe/he dissolves it, melts ittiihkaapaautaaw
ᑎᐧᑲᐸᐎᔭᐤviiit dissolves, meltstiihkaapaawiiyaaw
ᑎᐧᑲᑯᓱᐤvaiit (anim) melts (ex snow, ice)tiihkaakusuw
ᑎᑲᔅᑕᐱᔪᐤvai/iiher/his, its shadow passes alongtikaastaapiyuw
ᑎᑲᔅᑕᑎᓐviiit casts a shadowtikaastaahtin
ᑎᑲᔅᑕᓇᐤvtashe/he alerts him/her to her/his presence inadvertentlytikaastaanaaw
ᑎᑲᔅᑕᓯᓐvaishe/he is in the shade, she/he casts a shadowtikaastaasin
ᑎᑲᔅᑕᔅᑭᒻvtishe/he stands in the way of the lighttikaastaaskim
ᑎᑲᔅᑕᔅᑲᓱᐤvaishe/he stands in the way of her/his own lighttikaastaaskaasuw
ᑎᒃᐎᔅᑕᐎᓱᐤvaishe/he has something heavy pressing down on her/his foottikwiistaawiisuw
ᑎᒂᐃᒐᐤvaishe/he pounds dried meattikwaahichaaw
ᑎᒂᐊᒻvtishe/he applies pressure to ittikwaaham
ᑎᒂᐛᐤvtashe/he places something heavy on him/her, it (anim), squashes it (anim)tikwaahwaaw
ᑎᒂᐱᒋᑭᓐnilacingtikwaapichikin
ᑎᒂᑎᐛᐱᔪᐤviiit is the junction of two riverstikwaahtiwaapiyuw
ᑎᒂᔎᐸᒋᑭᓐnistrings holding toboggan boards togethertikwaaskwaapaahchikin
ᑎᒂᔎᓐniseam in middle of toboggan (where two boards meet)tikwaaskwaan
ᑎᒂᒋᓂᓱᐤvaishe/he passes the fall in certain placetikwaachinisuw


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