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ᐊᔥᑖᐦᑯᓂᐹᐦᑎᑯᒡ ashtaahkunipaahtikuch
[na]
S
needles from used flooring bough, conifer branch with no needles

ᐋᐱᑎᐦᐋᔥᑖᓂᑭᓈᐦᑎᒄᐦ aapitihaashtaanikinaahtikwh
[ni]
N
sticks to hold up boughs on either side of entrance to dwelling

ᐱᓂᐧᐋᔮᐦᑎᑭᐦᐊᒻ piniwaayaahtikiham
[vti]
N
s/he chops and spreads branches from a young tree for flooring

ᐧᐋᔅᑳᓈᔅᒉᐤ waaskaanaascheu
[vai]
S
s/he puts boughs against the snow around the inner wall of the teepee

ᐸᐲᐧᐋᐦᑎᑲᐦᐄᒉᐤ papiiwaahtikahiicheu
[vai]
S
s/he cuts the boughs to sit on before making a fire in winter

ᒌᐦᒌᔑᓂᒉᐤ chiihchiishinicheu
[vai]
S
s/he picks up, gathers litter lying around on boughs inside teepee

ᒧᔥᑖᓈᔥᑎᒋᓇᒻ mushtaanaashtichinam
[vti]
S
s/he bares the floor (ex takes all the boughs and needles and throws them away)

ᓈᔅᑲᓇᐦᐄᒉᐤ naaskanahiicheu
[vai]
S
s/he cuts boughs off a felled tree for flooring [coastal]; s/he makes a winter shelter by standing up boughs around the edge of the tent [inland]

ᔒᑯᐁᔮᔥᑎᒋᔅᑌᐤ shiikueyaashtichisteu
[vii]
S
the needles come off the boughs laid on the tent, teepee floor because of the heat

ᔒᐧᑳᔥᑕᔅᑌᐤ shiikwaashtasteu
[vii]
S
the needles come off the boughs laid on the tent, teepee floor because of the heat; the teepee has bare branches on the floor [coastal]

