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ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔑᔒᐦᑳᓲ (ishkwaashishiihkaasuu)
[vai]
s/he acts like a girl, pretends to be a girl
ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔑᔥ (ishkwaashish)
[na]
girl
ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥᒑᐅᒋᓂᒻ (ishkwaashchaauchinim)
[vti]
s/he moves the unburnt wood into the fire
ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥᒑᐤ (ishkwaashchaau)
[ni]
charcoal
ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔮᐅᐦᑳᐤ (ishkwaayaauhkaau)
[vii]
it is the end of the hill
ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔮᐱᒥᓈᑯᓐ (ishkwaayaapiminaakun)
[vii]
it is as far as the eye can see, far and wide (used with negative)
ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔮᐱᒥᓈᑯᓯᐤ (ishkwaayaapiminaakusiu)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) can be seen as far as the eye can see
ᐃᔥᐱᐦᑖᐤ (ishpihtaau)
[vai+o]
s/he makes it high
ᐃᔥᐱᐦᑖᐱᔑᐤ (ishpihtaapishiu)
[vii]
it is just before sunrise, it is a certain level of sunrise
ᐃᔥᐱᑯᑖᔑᐤ (ishpikutaashiu)
[vii]
daylight is high in the sky, it is a little high
ᐃᔥᐱᑯᒋᓐ (ishpikuchin)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) flies high in the sky, hangs high
ᐃᔥᐱᒌᔑᑳᐤ (ishpichiishikaau)
[vii]
it is late morning
ᐃᔥᐱᒥᐦᒡ (ishpimihch)
[p]
high, above, upstairs, heaven
ᐃᔥᐱᒥᐦᔒᔥ (ishpimihshiish)
[p]
a little higher
ᐃᔥᐱᔑ (ishpishi)
[preverb]
such time, whenever, so much
ᐃᔥᐱᔑᒧᓐ (ishpishimun)
[ni]
something thick to lie on ex mattress
ᐃᔥᐱᔑᒨ (ishpishimuu)
[vai]
s/he uses it as a mattress, s/he lies down on it
ᐃᔥᐱᔒᐦᑭᐧᐋᐤ (ishpishiihkiwaau)
[vta]
s/he has enough time to do it for her/him, it (anim)
ᐃᔥᐱᔥ (ishpish)
[p]
that much or amount
ᐃᔥᐱᔥᑎᒫᐤ (ishpishtimaau)
[vai]
s/he eats it with something else
ᐃᔥᐱᔥᑎᒫᐧᐃᓐ (ishpishtimaawin)
[ni]
spread when eaten with something else
ᐃᔥᐱᔥᑖᑭᓐ (ishpishtaakin)
[ni]
mat to lay the animal, fish, bird on while skinning or cleaning
ᐃᔥᐹᑭᒋᐦᑎᓐ (ishpaakichihtin)
[vii]
it is a high snowdrift
ᐃᔥᐹᔥᑖᐱᔨᐤ (ishpaashtaapiyiu)
[vii]
day gets warmer
ᐃᔥᐹᔨᐦᑖᑯᓯᐤ (ishpaayihtaakusiu)
[vai]
s/he is highly-thought of, highly-regarded, respected
ᐃᔥᑖᒥᔥᑭᒋᐤ (ishtaamishkichiu)
[vai]
it (anim) is frozen to the bottom of a body of water
ᐃᔥᑭ (ishki)
[p]
it seems like (used with Independent subjective verbs)
ᐃᔥᑭ ᐋᑳ (ishki aakaa)
[p]
it is as if it is not, not suitable, unlikely (negative preverb used with subjective verbs)
ᐃᔥᑯᑎᒃ (ishkutik)
[p]
since, when
ᐃᔥᑯᑖᐅᐧᐋᔮᐲ (ishkutaauwaayaapii)
[ni]
electric wire
ᐃᔥᑯᑖᐤ (ishkutaau)
[ni]
battery, fire, sparkplug
ᐃᔥᑯᑖᐦᑳᓐ (ishkutaahkaan)
[ni]
open fire on metal stand inside dwelling
ᐃᔥᑯᑭᐦᐊᒻ (ishkukiham)
[vti]
s/he leaves some of them unchopped
ᐃᔨᐤ (iyiu)
[vai]
s/he says
ᐃᔨᐦᐃᒑᐤ (iyihichaau)
[vai]
fish has scales
ᐃᔨᐦᐊᒻ (iyiham)
[vti]
s/he buries, covers it (with earth, snow, sand)
ᐃᔨᐦᐋᐤ (iyihaau)
[vta]
s/he places, puts it (anim) down
ᐃᔨᐦᐋᒑᐤ (iyihaachaau)
[na]
white sucker fish Catostomus commersoni
ᐃᔨᐦᐲ (iyihpii)
[ni]
drinking water
ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ (iyihtiu)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) does it, s/he, it (anim) has a certain condition
ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐧᐃᓐ (iyihtiwin)
[ni]
customs, way of doing things, manners
ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐧᐋᓂᐆ (iyihtiwaaniuu)
[vai]
s/he is of a different race
ᐃᔨᐦᑎᓐ (iyihtin)
[vii]
it is a different one
ᐃᔨᐦᑎᓰᐤ (iyihtisiiu)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) is a different one, behaves differently
ᐃᔨᐦᑖᐦᑉᐦ (iyihtaahp-h)
[p]
totally different
ᐃᔨᐦᑭᐦᐄᐹᐤ (iyihkihiipaau)
[vai]
s/he bails out water
ᐃᔨᐦᑭᐦᐊᒻ (iyihkiham)
[vti]
s/he pushes it using something
ᐃᔨᐦᑭᒥᐦᐋᐤ (iyihkimihaau)
[vta]
s/he forces her/him to do something
ᐃᔨᐦᑭᓲ (iyihkisuu)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) emerges due to subsiding water, s/he is left high and dry
ᐃᔨᐦᑭᔥᑖᐤ (iyihkishtaau)
[vii]
it is left on dry land due to subsiding water