Naskapi - English



ᒋᔅᑕᔎᓐninail, pinchiistaaskwaan
ᒋᔅᑕᒍᓐviiit is where the current flows the strongest; it is a principal currentchistaachuun
ᒋᔅᑕᒪᐛᐳᐤvai/iishe/he, it is brownchistaamaawaapuuw
ᒋᔅᑕᒪᐛᐳᔾniwater which tobacco has been soaked inchistaamaawaapuy
ᒋᔅᑕᒪᐤnatobacco, cigarettechistaamaaw
ᒋᔅᑕᓴᒪᐤvtashe/he pierces holes in snowshoe frames for the webbing to go throughchiistaasaamaaw
ᒋᔅᑕᔨᑎᒻvtishe/he esteems, glorifies, respects itchistaayihtim
ᒋᔅᑕᔨᑕᑯᑕᐤvai+oshe/he makes it worthy of admiration, she/he glorifies itchistaayihtaakuuhtaaw
ᒋᔅᑕᔨᑕᑯᓱᐤvaishe/he is excellent, she/he is estimable, importantchistaayihtaakusuw
ᒋᔅᑕᔨᑕᑲᐊᐤvtashe/he makes him/her worthy of admiration, she/he exalts him/her, she/he glorifies him/herchistaayihtaakaahaaw
ᒋᔅᑕᔨᒥᓱᐤvaishe/he is proud of herself/himselfchistaayimiisuw
ᒋᔅᑕᔨᒧᐤvaishe/he is snobbish, fastidiouschistaayimuw
ᒋᔅᑕᔨᒪᐤvtashe/he esteems him/her, she/he thinks highly of him/her, she/he respects him/her, she/he glorifies him/herchistaayimaaw
ᒋᔅᑭᑎᓇᐤviiit is a cliff on a mountainchiiskitinaaw
ᒋᔅᑭᑕᐅᐧᑲᐤviiit is a steep, high sand bank, point of sandchiiskitaauhkaaw
ᒋᔅᑭᒧᑎᔭᐤvtashe/he puts it on someonechiskimutiyaaw
ᒋᔅᑭᒻvtishe/he wears itchiskim
ᒋᔅᑯᐛᐤvtashe/he wears it (anim)chiskuwaaw
ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒧᐛᐤvtashe/he teaches it to him/herchiskutimuwaaw
ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒪᒐᐤvaishe/he teacheschiskutimaachaaw
ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒪᓱᐤvaishe/he goes to school; learns (lit teaches himself)chiskutimaasuw
ᒋᔅᑲᐃᑭᓐnatrail marking stick - long sloping stick pointing in the direction indicatedchiskaahikin
ᒋᔅᑲᐃᒐᐤvtashe/he sets a trail marker stickchiskaahichaaw
ᒋᔅᑲᐊᒻvtishe/he pokes itchiiskaaham
ᒋᔅᑲᐛᐤvtashe/he pokes him/her, it (anim) with an objectchiiskaahwaaw