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ᐃᔮᐦᐱᒋᓈᑯᓯᐤ N

iyaahpichinaakusiu

vai stem: i

s/he, it (anim) looks important, useful (always used in the negative)

il/elle a l'air important, utile (utilisé à la forme négative)

Ex:

ᑖᐹ ᐃᔮᐦᐱᒋᓈᑯᓯᐤ ᐊᓐ ᐋᐃᐦᑯᓈᐤ ᐋᑦ ᒌᐦ ᒥᒫᐦᑖᐅᓈᑯᐦᐄᒃ᙮

taapaa iyaahpichinaakusiu an aaihkunaau aat chiih mimaahtaaunaakuhiik.

The cake still looks very plain even though I decorated it.

Le gâteau n'a pas l'air joli même si je l'ai décoré.

important (N:4 S:5)

useful (N:15 S:9)

important (N:4 S:5)

utile (N:14 S:9)

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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ᐃᔮᐦᐱᒋᓈᑯᓐ iyaahpichinaakun [vii]
N it looks important, useful (used only with negative)