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ᓃᐦᒋᔥᑲᒻ S

niihchishkam

vti stem: am

s/he knocks it down by bumping into it

il/elle le renverse, le jette par terre en le bousculant, en se cognant dessus

down (N:31 S:32)

knock down (N:10 S:10)

bousculer ( S:2)

cogner (se) (N:7 S:12)

renverser (N:58 S:64)

ᐅᓯᑦ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐅᔫ ᐁ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᑦ (N:346 S:453)
action by foot or body

-shkam (S) (final (vti)) ( S:252)
by foot or with the body
Southern Dialect

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ᓃᐦᒋᔥᑯᐧᐁᐤ niihchishkuweu [vta]
S s/he knocks him/her/it (anim) down by accidentally bumping into him/her/it (anim)