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ᐄᔥᑌᔮᐱᐦᑌᐤ (iishteyaapihteu)
[vai]
the smoke stops rising, starts to clear

ᐄᔨᐦᑑᐧᐃᓐ (iiyihtuuwin)
[ni]
Cree culture

ᐄᔨᐦᑑᓐ (iiyihtuun)
[vii]
it is a living thing, it seems alive

ᐄᔨᐦᑑᓰᐤ (iiyihtuusiiu)
[vai]
s/he feels alive, s/he seems to be alive, living, it (anim) is a living thing

ᐄᔨᐦᑳᓂᔥ (iiyihkaanish)
[na]
puppet

ᐄᔨᐦᑳᓐ (iiyihkaan)
[na]
mannequin

ᐄᔨᐦᑳᓲ (iiyihkaasuu)
[vai]
s/he pretends to be Native

ᐄᔨᑕᐧᐋᔥᑌᓂᒫᑲᓐ (iiyitawaashtenimaakan)
[ni]
candle

ᐄᔨᒥᓈᐃᐦᑯᓈᐤ (iiyiminaaihkunaau)
[na]
blueberry bannock

ᐄᔨᒥᓈᐦᑎᒄ (iiyiminaahtikw)
[na]
blueberry bush Vaccinium sp.

ᐄᔨᒥᓐᐦ (iiyiminh)
[ni]
blueberries

ᐄᔨᒦᒋᐧᐋᐦᑉ (iiyimiichiwaahp)
[ni]
teepee

ᐄᔨᒦᒋᒻ (iiyimiichim)
[ni]
traditional food

ᐄᔨᒪᑲᓐ (iiyimakan)
[vii]
it is alive, it lives

ᐄᔨᓂᐦᑳᑌᐤ (iiyinihkaateu)
[vii]
it has a Cree name

ᐄᔨᓂᐦᑳᓲ (iiyinihkaasuu)
[vai]
s/he has a Cree name

ᐄᔨᓈᑯᓐ (iiyinaakun)
[vii]
it looks Indian

ᐄᔨᓈᑯᓲ (iiyinaakusuu)
[vai]
s/he looks Cree, Indian

ᐄᔨᔅᒋᐦᒄ (iiyischihkw)
[na]
copper kettle

ᐄᔨᔅᒋᓯᓐ (iiyischisin)
[ni]
moccasin

ᐄᔨᔥᑯᑌᐤ (iiyishkuteu)
[ni]
open fire

ᐄᔨᔫ (iiyiyuu)
[na]
person, human being, native person, Aboriginal person, Cree

ᐄᔨᔫᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ (iiyiyuuayimuwin)
[ni]
Cree language

ᐄᔨᔫᑎᐯᔨᐦᒋᒉᓲ (iiyiyuutipeyihchichesuu)
[na]
Cree Regional Authority, Cree government

ᐄᔨᔫᑲᒥᒄ (iiyiyuukamikw)
[ni]
aboriginal friendship centre

ᐄᔨᔫᓂᐦᑳᑌᐤ (iiyiyuunihkaateu)
[vii]
it has a Cree name, an Indian name

ᐄᔨᔫᓂᐦᑳᓲ (iiyiyuunihkaasuu)
[vai]
s/he has a native, a Cree name

ᐄᔨᔫᓈᑯᓐ (iiyiyuunaakun)
[vii]
it looks native, Aboriginal, Cree

ᐄᔨᔫᓈᑯᓲ (iiyiyuunaakusuu)
[vai]
s/he looks native, Aboriginal, Cree

ᐄᔨᔫᔅᐧᑫᐤ (iiyiyuuskweu)
[na]
native woman, Cree woman

ᐄᔨᔫᔅᒌ (iiyiyuuschii)
[ni]
Cree reserve, Aboriginal community

ᐄᔨᔫᔥᑌᐤ (iiyiyuushteu)
[vii]
it is written in syllabics

ᐄᔨᔫᔥᑖᐤ (iiyiyuushtaau)
[vai+o]
s/he writes it in syllabics

ᐄᔮᐦᑎᐧᑳᔥᑦ (iiyaahtikwaasht)
[na]
black spruce bough

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

ᐄᔮᐦᑎᑰᑲᒥᒄ (iiyaahtikuukamikw)
[ni]
teepee made of split black spruce logs covered with moss

ᐄᔮᐦᑎᒄ (iiyaahtikw)
[na]
black spruce Picea mariana

ᐄᔮᐦᒋᒄ (iiyaahchikw)
[na]
ordinary seal Phoca vitulina

ᐄᔮᔥᑎᐱᒎ (iiyaashtipichuu)
[na]
balsam fir sap gum

ᐄᔮᔥᑎᔅᑳᐤ (iiyaashtiskaau)
[vii]
it is an area of balsam fir trees

ᐄᔮᔥᑦ (iiyaasht)
[na]
balsam fir Abies balsamea

ᐅᐦᐁᐤ (uheu)
[vta]
s/he lends it to him/her

ᐅᐦᐄᐧᐁᐤ (uhiiweu)
[vai]
s/he lends things away

ᐅᐦᐄᒉᔅᒄ (uhiicheskw)
[ni]
bark of a tree

ᐅᐦᐆᒥᓲ (uhuumisuu)
[na]
great horned owl Bubo virginianus

ᐅᐦᐆᒥᔒᔥ (uhuumishiish)
[na]
young owl

ᐅᐦᐊᑲᐃᐦ (uhakaih)
[nad]
its (anim, fish) scales

ᐅᐦᐋᓱᐧᐃᓐ (uhaasuwin)
[ni]
borrowed thing (possessive could be nuuhaasuwin or nituhaasuwin)

ᐅᐦᐋᓲ (uhaasuu)
[vai]
s/he borrows it

ᐅᐦᐋᓲᒣᐤ (uhaasuumeu)
[vta]
s/he borrows it from him/her
