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ᒌᔑᓈᐤ N

chiishinaau

vta stem: m/n/p/y

s/he tans it (anim, hide)

il/elle le/la tanne (se dit d'une peau de bête)

Ex:

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᒄ ᒑ ᒌᔑᓈᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᑳ ᒥᓵᒋᓯᔨᒡᐦ ᐅᒨᓱᔮᓐᐦ᙮

aayuwikw chaa chiishinaat aniyaah kaa misaachisiyichh umuusuyaanh.

S/he will now be tanning her/his big moosehide.

Elle/il va maintenant tanner sa grande peau d'orignal.

tan (N:7 S:7)

tanner (N:7 S:5)

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

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

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ᒌᔑᓂᒻ chiishinim [vti]
N s/he tans the hide