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ᓵᐹᔨᐦᑎᒻ N

saapaayihtim

vti stem: im

s/he is keen on it (always used with negative)

il/elle a envie de quelque chose (toujours utilisé à la forme négative)

Ex:

ᑖᐹ ᓵᐹᔨᐦᑎᒻ ᒑ ᒌᐦ ᐴᓯᑦ ᐋᑳ ᐧᐄᒑᐧᐋᑦ ᐅᑎᐧᐋᔑᔒᒻᐦ᙮

taapaa saapaayihtim chaa chiih puusit aakaa wiichaawaat utiwaashishiimh.

S/he is not interested at all in going out in the canoe without taking her/his children.

Elle n'a pas du tout envie de sortir en canot sans emmener ses enfants.

keen (N:2 S:2)

envie (N:4 S:2)

intéresser (N:4 S:1)

ᐄᑌᔨᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ (N:210 S:267)
mental predicates

-htim (N) (final (vti)) (N:335)
1. by mouth, face, head 2. unspecified vti final
contains final -aayihtim

-aayihtim (final) (N:116)
by mind, thinking, feeling

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ᓵᐹᔨᒫᐤ saapaayimaau [vta]
N s/he, it (anim) is keen on her/him, it (anim) (always used with negative)