Naskapi - English
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ᓂᑕᒍᓐp (space)below the rapids, downstreamniihtaachuun
ᓂᑕᒡp (space)below, downniihtaahch
ᓂᑕᒥᑎᓇᐤviiit is the bottom of a mountainniihtaamitinaaw
ᓂᑕᒥᒍᐛᐤvaishe/he goes down the mountainniihtaamichuwaaw
ᓂᑕᒥᓯᑯᐊᒻvtishe/he pushes it under the iceniihtaamisikuuham
ᓂᑕᒥᓯᑯᐛᐤvtashe/he pushes him/her, it (anim) under the iceniihtaamisikuuhwaaw
ᓂᑕᒥᔅᑲᐤviiit is the channel, deepening of a river, lakeniihtaamiskaaw
ᓂᑕᒥᔅᒋᐱᔪᐤvai/iishe/he, it falls in the channel (of the river, lake)niihtaamischipiyuw
ᓂᑕᓱᐤvaiit (anim) blows downniihtaasuw
ᓂᑕᔅᑎᓐviiit blows downniihtaastin
ᓂᑕᔨᑎᒧᐅᓐnicontentmentnitaayihtimuuun
ᓂᑥᐳᔅᑯᐛᐤvtashe/he goes to meet him/hernitwaapuskuwaaw
ᓂᑥᒥᔅᒋᓇᑭᓐnasculpin (Cotlus spp)nitwaamischinaakin
ᓂᔍᐤp (quantity)thricenistwaaw
ᓂᔍᐤ ᒐᓯᐱᔪᐤp (number)three thousand, 3,000nistwaaw-chaasipiiyuw
ᓂᔍᐱᐧᑲᑎᒻvtishe/he ties three things togethernistwaapiihkaatim
ᓂᔍᐱᐧᑲᑕᐛviithere are three tied togetherusually pluralnistwaapiihkaataawa
ᓂᔍᐱᐧᑲᑕᐤ1viiit is a three-strand braidnistwaapiihkaataaw
ᓂᔍᐱᐧᑲᑕᐤ2vtashe/he ties three of them (anim) togethernistwaapiihkaataaw
ᓂᔍᐱᐧᑲᓱᒡvaithere are three (anim) tied togetherusually pluralnistwaapiihkaasuuch
ᓂᔍᐱᒐᓯᓂᒡvaithey (anim) lie in a group of threeusually pluralnistwaapiihchaasinich
ᓂᔍᐱᒐᔭᐤviiit is a triple cordnistwaapiihchaayaaw
ᓂᔍᐱᔅᑭᒧᐊᐤvtashe/he places three of them (anim, stone, metal) side-by-sidenistwaapiskimuuhaaw
ᓂᔍᐱᔅᑭᒧᐤviithere are three (stone, metal) side-by-sidenistwaapiskimuw
ᓂᔍᐱᔅᑭᒧᑕᐤvai+oshe/he triples it (stone, metal)nistwaapiskimuuhtaaw
