Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: Glosses

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{en} pluck

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ᐱᔥᑯᐱᑎᒻ pishkupitim [vti]
N s/he pulls hair or plucks feathers off it

ᐱᔥᑯᐱᑖᐤ pishkupitaau [vta]
N s/he plucks, pulls the hair, feathers off it (anim)

ᐱᔥᑯᑎᐧᐋᐱᑖᐤ pishkutiwaapitaau [vta]
N s/he plucks, pulls her/his hair out (used to talk about a human body)

ᐱᔥᑯᓂᒑᐤ pishkunichaau [vai]
N s/he is plucking birds

ᐱᔥᑯᓂᒻ pishkunim [vti]
N s/he plucks it (ex head or wing of bird)

ᐱᔥᑯᓂᐦᔮᐧᐋᐤ pishkunihyaawaau [vai]
N s/he plucks ptarmigan

ᐱᔥᑯᓈᐤ pishkunaau [vta]
N s/he plucks it (anim, ex goose, duck)

ᐧᐁᐦᑕᓂᔐᐤ wehtanisheu [vai]
S its feathers are easy to pluck

ᐱᐦᒋᐸᔥᑯᓀᐤ pihchipashkuneu [vta]
S s/he plucks it (anim, bird) by mistake, unawares, inadvertently

ᐱᐦᒋᐸᔥᑯᓇᒻ pihchipashkunam [vti]
S s/he plucks it (ex bird's head, wing) by mistake, unawares, inadvertently

ᐸᔥᑯᐯᓴᒻ pashkupesam [vti]
S s/he puts it (paws, feet, wings) in hot water to get the fur, feathers off

ᐸᔥᑯᐯᔥᑌᐤ pashkupeshteu [vii]
S fur, feathers come off it from being in hot water

ᐸᔥᑯᐱᑌᐤ pashkupiteu [vta]
S s/he plucks, pulls the hair/feathers off it (anim, a skin)

ᐸᔥᑯᓀᐤ pashkuneu [vta]
S s/he plucks it (anim, ex goose, duck)

ᐸᔥᑯᓂᒉᐤ pashkunicheu [vai]
S s/he is plucking geese, ducks

ᐸᔥᑯᓇᒻ pashkunam [vti]
S s/he plucks it (ex head, wing)

ᒥᓇᒦᑯᓀᐱᑌᐤ minamiikunepiteu [vta]
S s/he pulls off the wing feathers

ᔑᓂᔐᐤ shinisheu [vai]
S it (anim, bird) has hard-to-pluck feathers