Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: Words

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ᐧᒫᔥᑎᓂᒻ N

mwaashtinim

vti stem: im

s/he arrives too late to catch it (ex plane), just misses it

il/elle arrive trop tard pour l'attraper (ex. l'avion), le rate de peu

miss (N:31 S:41)

too late (N:3)

rater (N:15 S:3)

tard (N:12 S:9)

ᐅᑎᐦᒌ ᐊᐧᐁᓐ ᐁ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᑦ (N:760 S:968)
action by hand

-nim (N) (final (vti)) (N:389)
by hand

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ᐧᒫᔥᑎᓈᐤ mwaashtinaau [vta]
N s/he is too late to catch her/him, it (anim), just misses her/him