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ᓯᒂᑎᑲᐊᒻvtishe/he places it into a hole or tubesikwaatikaaham
ᓯᒂᑎᒻ1vtishe/he empties it out by eating or drinkingsiikwaahtim
ᓯᒂᑎᒻ2vtishe/he crushes it with her/his teethsikwaahtim
ᓯᒂᔭᔅᑯᒋᑯᐎᑕᐤvai+oshe/he strains itsiikwaayaaskuchikuwiihtaaw
ᓯᒋᐱᑎᒻvtishe/he pulls it tight, stretches itsiihchipitim
ᓯᒋᐱᑕᐤvtashe/he stretches it (anim, ex beaver skin), she/he pulls it (anim) tight (ex lacing)siihchipitaaw
ᓯᒋᐸᑎᒻvtishe/he buttons itsichipaatimᓯᔭᑥᑭᔅᑕᑦ ᐅᑦ ᐊᑯᑉ, ᐊᑯ ᒥᒄ ᐊᑎ ᐱᐱᒐᐱᔪᐎᔨᒋ᙮ ᒥᒄ ᑭ ᓯᒋᐸᑎᒥᐛᓂ ᒂ ᐃᓯᓇᑯᑕᔨᒋ᙮Wolverine spreads out his coat pieces, but Frog is only hippity-hoppitying here and there. It seems Frog is only buttoning the pieces together.02 Wolverine and Rock 1.40
ᓯᒋᐸᓱᓐnibuttonsichipaasuun
ᓯᒋᑎᑲᐤviiit is entangled brush, a thicketsichiihtikaaw
ᓯᒋᑎᓐviiit gets caught, entangled (as in a bush)sichiihtin
ᓯᒋᐧᑯᐸᐤviiit is a grove of willowssichiihkupaaw
ᓯᒋᒥᓇᔨᑯᔅᑲᐤviiit is an area of dense white sprucesichiiminaayikuskaaw
ᓯᒋᒪᐅᑎᐧᒄnacaribou in summer when mosquitoes are aroundsichimaautiihkw
ᓯᒋᒪᐅᑯᓂᔎᐅᓐnimosquito netting hatsichimaaukuniskwaaun
ᓯᒋᒪᐤnamosquitosichimaaw
ᓯᒋᓂᑭᓐnihandlesichinikin
ᓯᒋᓂᒻvtishe/he holds it by the handlesichinim
ᓯᒋᓇᐤvtashe/he holds it (anim) by the handlesichinaaw
ᓯᒋᓯᓐ1vaishe/he gets caught, entangled (as in a bush)sichisin
ᓯᒋᓯᓐ2vaishe/he urinates as she/he fallssiichisin
ᓯᒋᔅᒋᑕᐤvaishe/he places things close to one anothersichischiihtaaw
ᓯᒋᔭᑎᑯᔅᑲᐤviiit is an area of dense black sprucesichiiyaahtikuskaaw
ᓯᒋᔭᔅᒋᔅᑲᐤviiit is an area of dense balsam firsichiiyaaschiskaaw
ᓯᒍᓐviiit is a swift currentsichuun
ᓯᒥᑎᐱᔭᐤvtashe/he sits it (anim) upsimitipiyaaw


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