| nab | nawatihtina |  |
| otihtina | | |
| nab @ | nawatihtinâ | |
| nawatiht'nâ | | |
| nawatiht'na | | |
| otihtin | | |
| nag | mistatim horse |
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| kihkâwitam he/she nags |
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| pâtwêwitaskô | | |
| nail | l' klô* | |
| saķahiķan | | |
| maskasî fingernail |
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| naked | môstâpîķasêw he/she is ... |
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| môsîskatêw he/she is ... |
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| î môstâpîķasît he/she was ... |
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| î môsîskatît he/she was ... |
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| name | owîhôwin | |
| ____ nisihkâson my name is |
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| tân'si î isihkâsoyin what's your name |
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| namesake | niķwåmå | |
| n'ķwåmå | | |
| niķwêmî | | |
| nanny goat | nôsî wâpatihk | |
| nap | nipâsôwin | |
| nipâsô he/she is taking a ... |
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| niwî nipâsin I am going to take a ... |
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| îķî nipâsiyân I had a nap |
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| nape | otahk miķwayaw | |
| napkin | âsiyân baby |
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| kâsîtonîhon mouth ... |
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| napsack | nayahciķan | |
| narcotics | maci maskihkîsa | |
| maci maskihkiya | | |
| narrate | wihtam tells |
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| âtotam tells story - tells about |
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| narrow | sâķawâsin | |
| nasal | miskôwan nose |
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| nasty | macâyowô | |
| macâyiwô he/she is ... [mean] |
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| natal | nihtâwiķin has to do with growth |
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| nation | piyaķo sihtwâwin | |
| nation wide | misôwîskamik all over |
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| misôwîtî | | |
| wâskâ kitaskînaw all over our land |
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| nativity | man'tô onihtâwiķowin | |
| natural | osâyâwin the way things are |
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| naughty | macâtisô | |
| macât'sô | | |
| nausea | mâyi mahcihowin bad feelings |
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| navel | mitisî plural |
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| mit'sî plural |
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| navel cord | mitisiyâpî | |
| navigation | î nîstâmohkît canoe - person in front |
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| î otahkwaha canoe - person in back |
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| navy | kaskitêw sîpihkwâw colour |
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| near/close | cîķi | |
| kisôwâk | | |
| nearly | kîķâc | |
| nearsighted | pîsowâpô | |
| neat | kanâtan it's ... |
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| kanâcinâķwan it looks ... |
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| neatness | kanâtisôwin | |
| kanât'sôwin | | |
| necessary | poķo | |
| nitawihtâķwan | | |
| n'dawihtâķwan | | |
| necessity | poķo tâyahk have to have |
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| poķo tatôtamin you have to do |
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| neck | miķwayaw | |
| neck tie | tâpiskâķan | |
| tâpiskân | | |
| neck-bone | miķwayawiķan | |
| neckerchief | l' ci moshwårr* | |
| tâpiskâķan | | |
| necklace | tâpiskâķanimak | |
| neckwear | tâpiskâkêwina | |
| nectarines | mînisa berries |
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| mîn'sa berries |
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| need | niķwîtamân | |
| n'ķwîtamân | | |
| î ķwîtamâyân I ... |
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| ninitawihtîn I want |
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| nin'dawihtîn I want |
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| neediness | kitimâkisôwin poor state of affairs/poverty/loss of culture |
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| kitimâk'sôwin poor state of affairs/poverty/loss of culture |
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| needle | l' ziķwî* | |
| sâponiķan | | |
| sâpon'ķan | | |
| lî ziķwî* plural |
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| sâponiķana plural |
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| needlebar | cîpwasosoy | |
| needlepoint | misinistahiķêwin | |
| misin'stahiķêwin | | |
| needless | namôya ķatâc don't have to |
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| needlework | misistahiķêwin | |
| m'sistahiķêwin | | |
| negative | ânôwihtamôwin not believing |
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| ân'wihtamôwin not believing |
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| neglect | nim'wî nâķatohkêw he/she doesn't mind/care |
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| neglectful | nim'wî pisiskîmêw see neglect or doesn't mind/care |
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| negligee | iskwêw ayowinis anima kâ sâpwâstîk lady's clothing that's see through |
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| sâpwâstêw ayowinis | | |
| negotiate | marrshihkî* you ... |
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| marrshihkêw* he/she ... |
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| mîskotônamôwâ trade with |
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| negotiation | marrshihkêwin* | |
| î mîskotônamâtohk | | |
| neighbour | wîtapimâķan one who I sit with or sits beside me |
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| neighbourly | miyo wîtapimâķêw | |
| nephew | nitihkwatim my ... |
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| n'dihkwatim my ... |
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| nervous | kwâskwiyâtisit | |
| kwâskwiyât'sit | | |
| wâhkiyâtisô | | |
| nervy | tâpwî nim'wî î nîpêwisit he/she is not shy |
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| sohkitiyimô | | |
| nest | wacaston | |
| âmô owacaston beehive |
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| net | lirrå?* | |
| ayapî | | |
| pak'tahwâ set a ... |
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| nâtayapî check the ... |
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| nettle | masân | |
| neutral | nim'wî kispêwêw he/she doesn't stick up for ... |
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| nim'wî wîcihêw ... doesn't help |
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| never | m'wihkâc | |
| êķâ wihkâc don't ever |
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| nevermind | nim'wî ķatâc don't have to |
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| êkosi kiyâm that's it leave it |
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| nevermore | namôya wihkâc | |
| nim'wî wihkâc | | |
| nevertheless | mâķa ahci poķo but still ... |
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| new | oskâyi it's ... |
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| oskâyiwô he/she is ... to ____ |
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| New Jersey Devils | Macimanitôwak | |
| Maciman'tôwak | | |
| new moon | oskipîsim | |
| New Years | Ocîm Oķîsiķâw kissing day |
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| New York Islanders | Ministiķowînôwak | |
| New York Rangers | Kanawihciķêwînôwak | |
| newborn | oskâwâsis | |
| newcomer | taķopicô also means he she/has moved in - just arrived |
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| news | âcimôwin | |
| newscast | kâcimomâķahk | |
| newsletter | âcimôwasinahiķan | |
| âcimôwas'nahiķan | | |
| newsman | âcimowînô | |
| newspaper | âcimôwasinahiķan | |
| âcimôwas'nahiķan | | |
| next | kotak other |
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| kihtwâm again |
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| hâm c'mon |
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| nibble | apisis tahkwahtam bites a little |
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| ap'sistahkwahtam bites a little |
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| apisis mîcô eats a ... |
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| ap'sis mîcô eats a ... |
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| nice | miyoķîsiķâw ... day |
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| miyonâk'sô ... looking |
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| miyowâsin it's ... [good] |
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| miyķsin it's ... [good] |
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| miyonâķwan it is ... |
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| kisîwâtisô he/she is ... [kind] |
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| taķahki ... prefix |
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| nickel | niyânan pîwâpiskos | |
| nicknacks | wawîsciķanisa | |
| nickname | owîhôwinis | |
| osihkâsêwinis little name |
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| niece | niscimis my ... |
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| n'scimis my ... |
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| nitôsimiskwîm | | |
| n'dôsim'skwîm | | |
| night | tipiskâw | |
| tip'skâw | | |
| kapîtipis all ... |
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| wantipiskâw dark ... |
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| anohc tipiskâw tonight |
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| tipiskohk last |
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| tip'skohk last |
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| awastip'skohk ... before last |
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| nîpâtipis(k) in the ... |
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| night clothes | nipêwayâna bed clothes |
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| nightcap | nipêwascocinis little bed hat |
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| nightfall | pahkisimô | |
| wâninâķwan | | |
| nighthawk | pîshkwa | |
| nightingale | tipiskâw opiyîsîs literally night bird |
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| tip'skâwopiyîsîs literally night bird |
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| nightlight | tipiskâw wâsaskotîniķan | |
| wâsaskotîniķanis | | |
| nightmare | nimaci pôwâtîn I had a ... [bad dream] |
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| kîskih kwasowin crazylike when waking |
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| î maci powâta he had a nightmare |
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| nil | namaķîķway | |
| maķîķway | | |
| nimble | wacihpêw | |
| nine | kîķâ mitâtaht | |
| kîķâ'm'tâtaht | | |
| nine hundred | kîķâ-mitâtahtwâw mitâtahtomitanaw | |
| nine times | kîķâ-mitâtahtwâw | |
| nineteen | kîķâ-mitâtahtosâp | |
| ninety | kîķâ-mitâtahtomitananw | |
| nip | tahkwamisô he/she bit his/her self a little |
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| Nipawin | Nîpawêwinihk place for standing |
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| nipple | nônâciķan | |
| Nistowiak | Nistowiyahk three ways |
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| nit | la lânt* | |
| cîķinahk | | |
| nitwit | kîpâtis | |
| kaķîpatis | | |
| no | möc* | |
| namwâc | | |
| namôya | | |
| no way | nim'wî wihkâc | |
| namôya wihkâc | | |
| nob | miciminiķan holding implement |
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| micimin'ķan holding implement |
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| noble | cihkiyihtâkosôwin | |
| cihki'htâk'sô'win | | |
| nobody | namâwiyak | |
| nim'wî awiyak | | |
| nod | nanâmiskwiyêw | |
| Noel | Nîpâyamihâwin naķamowin Christmas song |
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| noise | pihtâķwan noisy |
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| kîskwihtâķwan sounds crazy |
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| î pitihkwîk noises could be heard |
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| î pipitihkwîk noises could be heard |
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| noiseless | kâm'wâtan | |
| noisemaker | oķitôhowêw | |
| nomad | papâmâcihôwînô | |
| nominate | owîhôwin êķota astâw he/she put his/her name there or let it stand |
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| nominee | nawasônowêw one who chooses |
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| non support | namôya pamihâw not getting financial aid - usual meaning |
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| none | namaķîķway | |
| namaķîķwêy | | |
| maķîķway | | |
| nonsense | paķwanita pîkiskwêwin | |
| paķwan'ta pîk'skwêwin | | |
| nonstop | sâpohtêwin sort of walk/go through |
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| noodles | lasop* soup |
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| mîcimâpoy soup |
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| nook | ohkwîtâķâsi | |
| noon/dinner | amidzî* | |
| âpihtaw kîsiķâw | | |
| aprre midzî* after dinner |
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| appre'midzî* after dinner |
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| noose | tâpaķwân | |
| normal | wâskamâyâw he/she is sane |
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| piyaķwan sâyâw still the same |
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| North | Kîwîtinohk | |
| North Battleford | Nôtinitô Sîpihk | |
| Nôtin'tô Sîpihk | | |
| north pole | sipaskamiķohk kîwîtinohk | |
| north star | kîwîtino-acahkos | |
| kîwîtinowacahkos | | |
| northbound | kîwîtinohk isi towards the north |
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| northeast | kîwîtinohk ahci sâķâstêwinohk | |
| northerly | kîwîtinohk isi towards the north |
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| northern lights | onîmihitowak dancers |
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| cipayak nîmihitowak spirits/ghosts dancing |
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| northerner | nâtaķâmêwînô | |
| northland | nâtaķâmêwaskî | |
| northwest | kîwîtinohk ahci pahkisimotahk | |
| kîwîtinohk ahci pahk'simotahk | | |
| nose | miskôwan | |
| miskôwana plural |
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| nose bleed | kipistanô he/she has a ... |
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| kip'stanô he/she has a ... |
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| kipistanîhwâw he/she is given a ... |
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| nosy | î osândzîwit* | |
| kihcinâhoskô he/she is ... |
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| not | namôya | |
| nim'wî used with other words at times |
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| nimwî wiya not him |
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| notch | masiniķota | |
| manisasi cut it a bit |
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| man'sasi cut it a bit |
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| note | masinahiķanis | |
| notebook | masinahiķanis | |
| kiskisomiķêwinis little thing that reminds |
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| noted | kiskiyihtâķwan sort of will be known |
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| noted @ | kiskiyihtâkosô | |
| nothing | namaķîķwêy | |
| namaķîķway | | |
| notice | kiskiyahtaķoķêwin | |
| k'skiyihtaķoķêwin | | |
| notify | kiskiyihtamôhâ ... him/her |
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| k'skiyihtamôhâ ... him/her |
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| notorious | macâyis devil |
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| maciman'tô | | |
| kwayas kiskiyîmâw | | |
| notwithstanding | mâķa but |
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| ahci poķo but still |
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| nourish | kîsposkâķô | |
| nourishment | tâci poskâķêwin | |
| novel | âcimôwinis | |
| novelist | âcimomasinahiķêwînô | |
| November | Iyîķopêwipîsim frost moon |
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| Iyîķopêw'pîsim frost moon |
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| novena | ayamihîstamâķêwin a praying for ... |
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| now | êkwa also means let's go |
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| sîmâk | | |
| anohc today |
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| nowadays | anohc êķwa | |
| mîķwâc êķwa | | |
| nowhere | nim'wî nântaw | |
| namôya nântaw | | |
| nowhere near | nim'wî kisôwâķowan | |
| nim'wî k'sôwâķowan | | |
| namôya kisôwâķôwan | | |
| noxious | maci ... adj. or prefix |
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| maci paķwa weeds |
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| nude | môstâpîķasêw | |
| môsîskatêw he/she is ... |
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| nudge | ahkowîpahwâsi ... him/her |
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| ahkowîpahasi ... it |
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| nugget | oshâwisôniyâw gold |
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| nuisance | pâtahkamikisô pest |
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| pâtahkamik'sô pest |
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| paķwâtikosô not liked |
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| paķwâtik'sô not liked |
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| number | aķihtâsôwin | |
| numbness | kîkimisowin | |
| numerals | aķihciķêwina | |
| numerous | mihcåtinwa there are many |
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| mihcîtinwa | | |
| numerous @ | mihcåtôwak | |
| mihcîtôwak | | |
| numskull | mohcowînô | |
| nun | lasårr* | |
| ayamihêw iskwêw | | |
| nunnery | ayamihêwiskwêwiķamik | |
| nuptials | wîķihtowin | |
| nurse | la ners* | |
| maskihkêw iskwêw | | |
| maskihkêw'skwêw | | |
| nursery bottle | nônâciķan thing for sucking |
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| nursery school | n'stam l' kwal* | |
| nistam kiskinohamâķêwin first day of school/learning |
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| nurture | î ohpiķihit you ... him/her [bring up] |
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| nut | paķân | |
| paķânis little nut |
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| nut cracker | mâķwâciķan | |
| nutrient | miyoskâķêwin | |
| nutrition | miyoskâķêwin | |
| nuts | paķânak | |
| nutshell | paķânahkân | |
| nutty | paķâniskâw | |
| nymph | pâmâmaķos little thing that flies/goes around - fairy tale |
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