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             ᐅᐧᒫᐦᑎᐧᐋᔅᒌ  umwaahtiwaaschii
            [ni]
            
            
                
                          
             
                 N                     
            
            
            signs on a tree show that the porcupine has eaten the bark a year or so ago
        
        
                        
             ᐱᔅᑯᑎᓂᔅᒋᐧᐹᐤ  piskutinischipwaau
            [vta]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 N                     
            
            
            it (porcupine) eats all the bark around the bottom of the tree
        
        
                        
             ᐱᔅᑯᑎᓂᔅᒋᐧᐹᑭᓐ  piskutinischipwaakin
            [na]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 N                     
            
            
            a tree where the porcupine has eaten all the bark from the bottom part of the tree
        
        
                        
             ᐅᑕᑖᓯᑰ  utataasikuu
            [vai]
            
            
                
                          
             
                 S                     
            
            
            it (anim, tree) has a layer of hard to carve wood inside inner bark, sometimes only on one side
        
        
                        
             ᐅᑕᑖᐦᑎᑰ  utataahtikuu
            [vai]
            
            
                
                          
             
                 S                     
            
            
            it (anim, tree) has a layer of hard to carve wood inside inner bark, sometimes only on one side
        
        
                        
             ᐧᐋᓵᐦᑐᐧᐁᐤ  waasaahtuweu
            [vai]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 S                     
            
            
            it (anim, porcupine) gnaws bark off tree so it (anim) is shiny, white in the light
        
        
                        
             ᐸᐦᑯᓃᐤ  pahkuniiu
            [vai]
            
            
                
                          
             
                 S                     
            
            
            s/he has a blister; it (tree bark) peels off easily (good time to collect fence posts)
        
        