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ᒧᓯᓈᑯᓯᐤ N

musinaakusiu

vai stem: i

s/he, it (anim) is far from ready, immature (used with negative)

il/elle est loin d'être prêt-e, est immature (utilisé à la forme négative)

Ex:

ᐋᔥᒄ ᓂᒥ ᒧᓯᓈᑯᓯᐧᐃᒡ ᔒᔒᐱᔑᔑᒡ ᑳ ᐧᐋᐱᒥᐧᑳᐤ᙮

aashkw nimi musinaakusiwich shiishiipishishich kaa waapimikwaau.

The ducklings I saw are still very small for this time of the year.

Les canetons que j'ai vus sont encore très petits pour cette époque de l'année.

immature (N:1)

ready (N:33 S:44)

immature (N:1 S:1)

prêt (N:17 S:17)

ᐁ ᓅᑯᐦᒡ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐁ ᐃᑌᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ (N:123 S:167)
seen, appears, looks like
Components: -naakun, -naakusiu / -naakun, -nakusuu

-naakusi (final (vai)) (N:60 S:82) -naakusu(u), -naakusi(u)
appear, look like

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ᒧᓯᓈᑯᓐ musinaakun [vii]
N it is far from ready (used with negative)