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ᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᐱᐦᒉᐱᑌᐤ S

chiinikwaanaapihchepiteu

Inland Intérieur

vta stem: t

s/he spins him/her/it (anim, ex beaver on a cooking string) around with a string

il/elle la/le fait tourner ou tournoyer avec une corde (par ex. un castor qui cuit suspendu à une corde)

around (N:97 S:142)

spin around ( S:12)

tourner (N:39 S:71)

tournoyer (N:5 S:22)

ᐁ ᐊᑕ ᐃᐦᑑᑕᐧᐋᑲᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᒥᔅᒄ ᑳᐦ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑲᓄᐧᐃᑦᐦ (N:18 S:33)
what people do with beaver

ᐅᑎᐦᒌ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐅᔅᐱᑐᓐ ᐁ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᑦ (N:348 S:393)
action by arm or pulling

ᐁ ᐃᐦᑕᑦ ᐊᐧᐁᓐ ᐁ ᐱᒥᓇᐧᐁᑦ (N:51 S:60)
cooking methods (what one does when cooking)

-piteu (S) (final (vta)) ( S:203)
by arm, pull

chiinikwaan- (initial) ( S:56)
turn, around, swirl, coil

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ᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᐱᐦᒉᐱᑕᒻ chiinikwaanaapihchepitam [vti]
S s/he spins it around with a string