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ᐊᐧᑳᓯᐧᐋᐱᓈᐤ N

akwaasiwaapinaau

vta stem: m/n/p/y

s/he throws her/him, it (anim) ashore

il/elle le/la jette sur le rivage

Ex:

ᒌᐦ ᐹᒋ ᐊᐧᑳᓯᐧᐋᐱᓈᐤ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᓂᑎᔅᒡᐦ ᑳ ᐧᐃᓂᐦᐄᒥᒃᐦ᙮

chiih paachi akwaasiwaapinaau aniyaah nitisch-h kaa winihiimikh.

S/he threw my mitten that I lost onto the shore from the canoe.

Il a jeté ma mitaine perdue sur le rivage depuis son canot.

shore (N:99 S:85)

throw (N:48 S:15)

jeter (N:51 S:43)

rivage (N:125 S:122)

ᐅᑎᐦᒌ ᐊᐧᐁᓐ ᐁ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᑦ (N:760 S:968)
action by hand

-naau (N) (Final (vta)) (N:382)
by hand

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ᐊᐧᑳᓯᐧᐋᐱᓂᒻ akwaasiwaapinim [vti]
N s/he throws it onto the shore