Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: Words

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ᑑᐧᐋᑯᓀᔥᑲᒻ S

tuuwaakuneshkam

vti stem: am

s/he breaks an open space in the snow, walking through, s/he breaks it (the trail) after a heavy snowfall

il/elle fait une ouverture dans la neige, défonce la neige en marchant; il/elle l'ouvre, le tape (le sentier) après une tempête de neige

break open (N:1 S:20)

open space ( S:42)

défoncer ( S:15)

ouvrir (N:73 S:86)

taper (N:17 S:12)

ᐅᓯᑦ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐅᔫ ᐁ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᑦ (N:346 S:453)
action by foot or body

-shkam (S) (final (vti)) ( S:252)
by foot or with the body
Southern Dialect

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ᑑᐧᐋᑯᓀᔥᑯᐧᐁᐤ tuuwaakuneshkuweu [vta]
S s/he breaks an open space in the snow around him/her, (anim), by foot