Naskapi - English



ᐛᒋᓇᐤ1nacurved canoe ribwaachinaaw
ᐛᒋᓇᐤ2vtashe/he forces the slats into the canoe framewaachinaaw
ᐛᒋᓇᑭᓂᔅᑲᐤviiit is an area of tamarack treeswaachinaakiniskaaw
ᐛᒋᓇᑭᓇᑎᒄnidry wood from a tamarackwaachinaakinaahtikw
ᐛᒋᓇᑭᓐnatamarack, larch (Larix laricina)waachinaakin
ᐛᒋᔨᑯᐤvai+oit is easy for him/her to dowaachiyikuw
ᐛᒋᔭp (interjection)good-bye, hello (used before and/or after a long absence or journey; a greeting)waachiyaa
ᐛᒥᔅᑎᑯᓯᐅᓴᒻnalong, pointed snowshoe; non-native style snowshoewaamistikusiiusaam
ᐛᒥᔅᑎᑯᓱᐤnanon-native, white person; French personwaamistikusuw
ᐛᒥᔅᑎᑯᓱᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐniFrench, French language, French word; not Indianwaamistikusuw-iyimuuun
ᐛᒥᔅᑎᑯᓱᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐤvaishe/he speaks French; not Indianwaamistikusuw-iyimuw
ᐛᒥᔅᑎᑯᓱᐤ ᐊᔅᑕᐤ1vai+oshe/he writes it in French; not Indianwaamistikusuw-astaaw
ᐛᒥᔅᑎᑯᓱᐤ ᐊᔅᑕᐤ2viiit is written in French; not Indianwaamistikusuw-astaaw
ᐛᒥᔅᑎᑯᓱᐤ ᒥᓯᓇᐃᒐᐤvaishe/he writes in French; not Indianwaamistikusuw-misinaahichaaw
ᐛᓯᑯᓯᐅᓐnitassel on snowshoe framewaasikusiiun
ᐛᓴᐅᓴᒻnaMontagnais snowshoes (eastern type but with longer, narrower tail)waasaausaam
ᐛᓴᐤniSept-Iles, Seven Islands, Uashau (lit the bay)waasaaw
ᐛᓴᐤ ᐃᔪᐤnaperson from Uashau or Maliotenam (Sept-Iles); a Montagnaiswaasaaw-iiyuw
ᐛᓴᐸᐤvaishe/he cuts babiche (frozen) with a knifewaasaapaaw
ᐛᓴᐸᒋᑭᓐnafish caught in a netwaasaapaahchikin
ᐛᓴᐸᓯᓐviiit is water in slushy snowwaasaapaasin
ᐛᓴᑎᓐviiit is clear icewaasaatin
ᐛᓴᑕᐅᐧᑲᐤviiit is a sandy baywaasaataauhkaaw
ᐛᓴᑭᓄᐤvaishe/he is on trial, at a court hearingpasswaasaakinuuw
ᐛᓴᒥᐛᐤvtashe/he gives away too many (anim)waasaamiiwaaw