Naskapi - English



ᒥᓂᐱᑕᐤvtashe/he pulls it (anim) offminipitaaw
ᒥᓂᐱᓱᔭᐤvaishe/he gets tent polesminipisuyaaw
ᒥᓂᐱᔪᐤvai/iiit comes offminipiyuw
ᒥᓂᑎᑯᓇᔄᐤvtashe/he cuts the wings off it (anim)minitikunaaswaaw
ᒥᓂᑎᒋᓴᓇᐤvtashe/he takes the intestines out of it (anim)minitichisaanaaw
ᒥᓂᑎᔄᔄᐤvtashe/he cuts the gizzard out of it (anim)minitiswaaswaaw
ᒥᓂᑐᓯᐤvaishe/he performs magic tricks; she/he exercises spiritual powerminituusiiw
ᒥᓂᑐᓯᔅnainsectdimminitusis
ᒥᓂᑐᔅ1nacreepy-crawly thing (includes frogs, snakes, cold-blooded creatures)dimminitus
ᒥᓂᑐᔅ2nagerm, tumour, cancerdimminitus
ᒥᓂᑕp (time)neverminiihtaa
ᒥᓂᑭᓇᓯᒻvtishe/he debones itminikinaasim
ᒥᓂᑭᓇᔄᐤvtashe/he debones it (anim)minikinaaswaaw
ᒥᓂᑯᐃᐛᔄᐤvtashe/he cuts through its (anim) neck (so its head comes off)minikuiiwaaswaaw
ᒥᓂᑯᑕᐛᐤvtashe/he breaks off its (anim) beakminikutaahwaaw
ᒥᓂᐧᑯᑕᐤviiit melts offminiihkuuhtaaw
ᒥᓂᑯᐧᑭᓇᔅᒄnaside rail on the top, inside of a canoeminikuuhkinaaskw
ᒥᓂᑯᓇᐱᑕᐤvtashe/he pulls wing feathers off it (anim)minikunaapitaaw
ᒥᓂᑲᐊᒻvtishe/he chops it offminikaaham
ᒥᓂᑲᐛᐤvtashe/he chops it (anim) offminikaahwaaw
ᒥᓂᑲᑕᔄᐤvtashe/he cuts someone's legs offminikaataaswaaw
ᒥᓂᒂᐤvaishe/he takes off snaresminikwaaw
ᒥᓂᒂᑭᓐnicupminiihkwaakin
ᒥᓂᒂᒐᐤvai+oshe/he uses it to drink fromminiihkwaachaaw
ᒥᓂᒧᒥᑭᓐviiit drinks (ex outboard motor), takes in water to cool itselfminimuumikin