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ᐅᐧᐄᔥᑎᒥᐦᑭᐧᐋᐤ uwiishtimihkiwaau
[vta]
N
s/he dedicates the beaver lodge to him/her (this is done when a hunter discovers a beaver lodge, and he takes one stick chewed by the beaver, and brings it to the person who he thinks will bring luck for a successful beaver hunt)

ᐧᐋᔅᐧᑳᐦᑖᒥᐧᐄᔥᑎᐆ waaskwaahtaamiwiishtiuu
[vii]
N
it is the back of the beaver lodge inside directly opposite from the entrance

ᐧᐋᔅᐧᑳᐦᑖᒥᔥᑐᐧᐃᑯᐦᒡ waaskwaahtaamishtuwikuhch
[p, p,location]
N
the back of the beaver lodge opposite to the door side

ᑰᓂᔥᑎᐦᒑᐤ kuunishtihchaau
[vai]
N
it (anim, beaver, muskrat) makes its lodge in late fall using mud and snow

ᐁᔅᒉᐤ escheu
[vai]
S
s/he does everything necessary to catch a beaver at its lodge using a net (find the lodge, prepare the place for the net, have someone watch the net, bang the top of the lodge to get the beaver out, and catch him)

