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ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᒑᐅᑭᒥᒄ (iiyiyiumisinihiichaaukimikw)
[ni]
band office

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᓂᐦᑳᑖᐤ (iiyiyiunihkaataau)
[vii]
it has a Cree/aboriginal name

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᓂᐦᑳᑖᐤ (iiyiyiunihkaataau)
[vta]
s/he give her/him a Cree, aboriginal name

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᓂᐦᑳᓲ (iiyiyiunihkaasuu)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) has an aboriginal name

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᓂᑐᐦᑯᔨᓐ (iiyiyiunituhkuyin)
[ni]
traditional medicine from the land

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᓈᑯᓐ (iiyiyiunaakun)
[vii]
it looks aboriginal

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᓈᑯᓯᐤ (iiyiyiunaakusiu)
[vai]
s/he looks aboriginal

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔅᐧᑳᐤ (iiyiyiuskwaau)
[na]
aboriginal woman, Cree woman

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔥᑖᐤ (iiyiyiushtaau)
[vai+o]
s/he writes it in syllabics

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔥᑖᐤ (iiyiyiushtaau)
[vii]
it is written in syllabics

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒥᐤ (iiyiyiuyimiu)
[vai]
s/he speaks Cree, an aboriginal language

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ (iiyiyiuyimuwin)
[ni]
aboriginal, Cree language

ᐄᔨᔨᐆ (iiyiyiuu)
[vai]
s/he is alive, born, is an aboriginal person

ᐄᔨᔨᐤ (iiyiyiu)
[na]
aboriginal person, human being, Cree person

ᐄᔨᔮᑯᓐ (iiyiyaakun)
[na]
new-fallen snow

ᐄᔮᐅᒋᒨ (iiyaauchimuu)
[vai]
s/he talks unnecessarily, asks redundant questions

ᐄᔮᐅᒋᒫᐤ (iiyaauchimaau)
[vta]
s/he asks her/him about something or someone unnecessarily

ᐄᔮᐦᑎᐧᑳᔑᐦᑎᒡ (iiyaahtikwaashihtich)
[na]
black spruce tree boughs

ᐄᔮᐦᑎᑯᔅᑳᐤ (iiyaahtikuskaau)
[vii]
it is an area of black spruce trees

ᐄᔮᐦᑎᑯᔑᔥ (iiyaahtikushish)
[na]
young black spruce Picea mariana

ᐄᔮᐦᑎᒄ (iiyaahtikw)
[na]
black spruce tree Picea mariana

ᐄᔮᑭᐧᐋᑯᓐ (iiyaakiwaakun)
[na]
granular snow

ᐄᔮᑭᑎᐦᐧᐋᐤ (iiyaakitihwaau)
[vta]
s/he pokes into it (anim, ex stovepipe) using a tool

ᐄᔮᑭᑐᐦᐊᒻ (iiyaakituham)
[vti]
s/he pokes around in an enclosed space (den, beaver lodge, gun barrel) using a tool

ᐄᔮᒄ (iiyaakw)
[p]
only now

ᐄᔮᔑᐦᑎᒋᓯᐤ (iiyaashihtichisiu)
[vai]
it (anim) smells of balsam fir

ᐄᔮᔑᐦᑎᒡ (iiyaashihtich)
[na]
balsam fir boughs

ᐄᔮᔑᐦᑎᔅᑳᐤ (iiyaashihtiskaau)
[vii]
it is an area of balsam fir trees

ᐄᔮᔑᐦᑦ (iiyaashiht)
[na]
balsam fir Abies balsamea

ᐅᐦᐄ (uhii)
[pro]
these (inan, see uu)

ᐅᐦᐆᒥᓯᐤ (uhuumisiu)
[na]
general term for owl, also used for great horned owl Bubo virginianus

ᐅᐦᐋᑮᐦ (uhaakiih)
[nad]
its (anim, fish) scales

ᐅᐦᐧᐹᐱᔨᐤ (uhpwaapiyiu)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) rises up

ᐅᐦᐧᐹᐱᔨᐤ (uhpwaapiyiu)
[vii]
it rises up

ᐅᐦᐧᐹᔮᑭᒥᐦᐊᒻ (uhpwaayaakimiham)
[vti]
s/he stirs up the sediment

ᐅᐦᐱᐦᐅᑖᐤ (uhpihutaau)
[vai+o]
s/he, it (anim) takes it up in the air with her/him, it

ᐅᐦᐱᐦᐅᒋᑭᓂᔥ (uhpihuchikinish)
[ni]
dog, catch on the trap which holds the shank down

ᐅᐦᐱᐦᐅᒥᑭᓐ (uhpihumikin)
[vii]
it (ex airplane) takes off, it flies off

ᐅᐦᐱᐦᐅᔮᐤ (uhpihuyaau)
[vta]
s/he, it (anim) takes, flies her/him, it (anim) up in the air with her/him, it (anim)

ᐅᐦᐱᐦᐆ (uhpihuu)
[vai]
s/he, it (anim) flies up, expression used when rabbits become scarce

ᐅᐦᐱᐦᐆᐲᓯᒻ (uhpihuupiisim)
[na]
August, literally ‘flying month’ when birds start to flying again after moulting

ᐅᐦᐱᐦᐊᒻ (uhpiham)
[vti]
s/he raises it with something, s/he opens the jaws of a trap

ᐅᐦᐱᐱᑎᒻ (uhpipitim)
[vti]
s/he raises it by pulling

ᐅᐦᐱᐱᑖᐤ (uhpipitaau)
[vta]
s/he raises her/him, it (anim) by pulling

ᐅᐦᐱᐱᔨᐤ (uhpipiyiu)
[vai]
it (anim) rises

ᐅᐦᐱᐱᔨᐤ (uhpipiyiu)
[vii]
it rises

ᐅᐦᐱᐱᔨᐦᐋᐤ (uhpipiyihaau)
[vta]
s/he makes it (anim) go up, rise

ᐅᐦᐱᐱᔨᐦᑖᐤ (uhpipiyihtaau)
[vai]
s/he lifts it up

ᐅᐦᐱᑯᑖᐤ (uhpikutaau)
[vta]
s/he hangs it (anim) up

ᐅᐦᐱᑳᑖᔨᐤ (uhpikaataayiu)
[vai]
s/he raises her/his leg
