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ᑳᔥᑭᒫᐤ kaashkimaau
[vta]
N
s/he experiences bad luck in hunting after sharing catch with a certain person (ex a dog who eats beaver bones means trapper will no longer kill beaver)
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ᑯᑖᐅᔅᒑᐤ kutaauschaau
[vai]
N
it (animal) becomes scarce for a certain number of years, goes in a cycle, literally 'goes underground'
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ᒫᐦᐄᑯᔥᑖᐤ maahiikushtaau
[vta]
N
s/he does not pile the wood correctly which could bring bad luck in hunting
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ᐹᐧᑖᐧᐋᑖᒨ paatwaawaataamuu
[vai]
N
its (anim) breath can be heard by the hunter as it draws closer to her/him
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ᓵᓱᐧᐃᐦᑯᓂᒫᐦᑖᐤ saasuwihkunimaahtaau
[vai]
N
s/he has blood on her/his clothes, coming back from hunting
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ᑳᔅᑲᑐᐧᐁᐤ kaaskatuweu
[vai]
S
s/he/it (anim) brings bad luck to a hunter by eating the wrong part of an animal (ex a dog who eats beaver bones means trapper will no longer kill beaver)
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ᐯᑖᐳᑯᑎᓲ petaapukutisuu
[vai]
S
s/he brings home a large amount of food from hunting by toboggan, sled
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ᐱᔑᐦᐆ pishihuu
[vai]
S
s/he can no longer kill game because s/he did not treat the animals with sufficient respect
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ᐱᔑᐦᐅᐧᐃᓐ pishihuwin
[ni]
S
animals can no longer be killed because the hunter did not treat them with sufficient respect
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ᐗᒋᔥᒄ (N:29 S:10)
muskrat
Components: -chishkw-, -chishku-
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ᓂᒋᒄ (N:15 S:12)
otter
Components: -chikw-, -chiku-
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ᓂᑑᐦᐆᐋᐱᒋᐦᐆᓐᐦ (N:62 S:63)
hunting tools
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