Abbreviations

Part of speech abbreviations
dem
demonstrative
na
noun, animate
nda
noun, dependent, animate
ndi
noun, dependent, inanimate
ni
noun, inanimate
nma
nominalization, animate
nmi
nominalization, inanimate
p
particle
pro
personal pronoun
vai
verb, animate, intransitive
vai/ii
verb, animate or inanimate, intransitive
vii
verb, inanimate, intransitive
vta
verb, transitive, animate
vti
verb, transitive, inanimate

Immediately following the grammatical designation listed above, another abbreviation may be found. This abbreviation indicates the final sound of the word stem. Sometimes, the addition of certain suffixes will change this final sound. Therefore, in certain cases the underlying sound is indicated as follows:
na-w
'w' final sound
p-w
'w' final sound
vai-i
'i' final sound
vai-u
'u' final sound
vai-uu
'uu' final sound
vii-i
'i' final sound
vii-u
'u' final sound
vii-uu
'uu' final sound

Following the underlying final sound (if any) in the grammatical designation, certain other abbreviations may be found concerning the construction of the Naskapi entry. These are all separated by commas, as follows:
,Cj
Conjunct
,d
diminutive
,loc
locative
,imp
impersonal (generalized activity)
,pj
pejorative
,pl
plural
,ps
passive
,r
reduplication

These are found in the Lexicon as follows:

pipikitisuw vii-i,d,r 'it is a very thin frozen layer of ice'

The grammatical designation for this word is: verb, inanimate, intransitive (vii); stem final sound "i" (-i); diminutive (,d); (,r) reduplication.

Other abbreviations
Other abbreviations are found in the definition or keyword, including the following:
(anim)
animate
(inan)
inanimate
(ex)
for example
(lit)
literally
(obv)
obviative
(N)
noun (to distinguish from the verb, ex SAW (N); the tool)
(V)
verb (to distinguish from the noun, ex SNOW (V); snowing)