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{en} antlers

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ᔑᐦᐧᑖᔥᑭᓈᐤ shihtwaashkinaau [vai]
N it (anim) has straight antlers

ᐅᐧᐃᑳᐦᑳᒌᐧᐋᔥᑭᓈᐤ uwikaahkaachiiwaashkinaau [vai]
N it (anim, adult male caribou) has antlers with many branches

ᐅᒥᐦᔪᐧᐃᑏᐦ umihyuwitiih [nad]
N its (anim, moose, caribou) velvet on its antlers during mid-summer

ᐅᑖᔥᑭᓐᐦ utaashkinh [nad]
N its (anim) antlers

ᐅᑖᑭᐧᐋᐳᐦᐧᑳᐧᐃᓂᑭᓐᐦ utaakiwaapuhkwaawinikinh [ni]
N the antlers on a caribou that hang low on its head

ᐅᑖᑯᐦᐧᑳᐧᐃᓂᑭᓐᐦ utaakuhkwaawinikinh [ni]
N the antlers on a caribou that hang low on its head

ᐅᔥᑭᐦᐆ ushkihuu [vai]
N it (anim, adult male caribou) loses the velvet off its antlers in September

ᐧᐋᐱᐧᑳᑎᐦᐄᒑᐤ waapikwaatihiichaau [vai]
N it (anim) sweeps its antlers around

ᐧᐋᐱᐧᑳᑎᐦᐊᒻ waapikwaatiham [vti]
N it (anim) sweeps, tosses it away with its antlers

ᐧᐋᐱᐧᑳᑎᐦᐧᐋᐤ waapikwaatihwaau [vta]
N it (anim) sweeps, tosses her/him away with its antlers

ᒌᐅᐧᐃᐦᑖᐤ chiiuwihtaau [vai]
N the caribou leaves the area after losing velvet on antlers and goes in search of a mate

ᒥᒥᐧᔮᔅᑯᐧᐃᑖᐤ mimiywaaskuwitaau [vai]
N it (anim, adult male caribou) has long curved antlers with hardly any branches

ᓂᒥᑎᐦᐊᒻ nimitiham [vti]
N it (ex caribou, moose) rubs its antlers on it

ᓯᓯᒋᐧᐃᑖᐤ sisichiwitaau [vai]
N it (anim, adult male caribou) has antlers with many branches and curves