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ᐧᒫᔥᑎᓈᐤ N

mwaashtinaau

vta stem: m/n/p/y

s/he is too late to catch her/him, it (anim), just misses her/him

il/elle arrive trop tard pour l'attraper, le/la 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

-naau (N) (Final (vta)) (N:382)
by hand

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ᐧᒫᔥᑎᓂᒻ mwaashtinim [vti]
N s/he arrives too late to catch it (ex plane), just misses it