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Chisasibi Margaret Bearskin Eastmain Florrie Mark-Stewart
Samuel Bearskin Mistissini Boyce Blacksmith
Harry Duff Evadney Blacksmith
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Harry Scipio Smalley Petawabano
Maria Scipio Waskaganish Louise Diamond
Georgie Snowboy Josephine Diamond
Wemindji Mary B. Georgekish Patricia Diamond
Whapmagoostui James Kawapit the late Rupert Erless
Andrew Natachequon Elizabeth Jolly
Maggie Natachequon Edwin Jolly
Jimmy Moart
Alec Weistche
Sanders Weistche
Johnny Whiskeychan
Waswanapi Emily Cooper
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ᐃᑕᐦᐆᑖᓲ (itahuutaasuu) [vai]
s/he transports things by boat, plane

ᐃᑕᐦᐆᔦᐤ (itahuuyeu) [vta]
s/he takes him/her it (anim) there by canoe

ᐃᑕᐦᐊᒣᐤ (itahameu) [vai]
s/he/it (anim) takes a step a certain way

ᐃᑕᐦᐊᒧᐧᐁᐤ (itahamuweu) [vta]
s/he sings a song to him/her

ᐃᑕᐦᐊᒫᓲ (itahamaasuu) [vai]
s/he sings a certain way

ᐃᑕᐦᐊᒻ (itaham) [vti]
s/he/it (anim, ex tractor) breaks it up (ex the earth)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᐁᐤ (itahweu) [vta]
s/he/it (anim) breaks it (anim) up

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑌᑲᓐᐦ (itahtwekanh) [vii]
there are so many layers of it (sheet-like, pl)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑌᒋᐦᑎᓐᐦ (itahtwechihtinh) [vii]
there are so many layers of it (sheet-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑌᒋᓀᐤ (itahtwechineu) [vta]
s/he holds so many of it (anim, sheet-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑌᒋᓇᒻ (itahtwechinam) [vti]
s/he holds so many of it (sheet-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑌᒋᓱᐧᐃᒡ (itahtwechisuwich) [vai]
there are so many layers of it (anim, sheet-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑌᒋᔥᑯᐧᐁᐤ (itahtwechishkuweu) [vta]
s/he puts so many layers of it (anim) on his/her body

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑌᒋᔥᑲᒻ (itahtwechishkam) [vti]
s/he puts so many layers of it on his body

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐯᑲᓐᐦ (itahtwaapekanh) [vii]
there are a certain number of things (string-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐯᒋᓱᐧᐃᒡ (itahtwaapechisuwich) [vai]
there are so many things (anim, string-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐯᒡ (itahtwaapech) [p]
so many, a certain number of things (string-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐱᐦᑳᑌᐤ (itahtwaapihkaateu) [vta]
s/he ties a certain number of them (anim ex dogs) together

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐱᐦᑳᑌᐤᐦ (itahtwaapihkaateuh) [vii]
there are a certain number of things tied together

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐱᐦᑳᑕᒻ (itahtwaapihkaatam) [vti]
s/he ties a certain number of things together

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐱᔅᑳᐤᐦ (itahtwaapiskaauh) [vii]
there are a certain number of (stone, metal) things

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐱᔅᒋᓱᐧᐃᒡ (itahtwaapischisuwich) [vai]
they (anim, stone, metal) are a certain number

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᐱᔅᒡ (itahtwaapisch) [p]
the number of stone, metal things needed

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᔅᑯᓐᐦ (itahtwaaskunh) [vii]
there are a certain number of (stick-like) things

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᔅᑯᓱᐧᐃᒡ (itahtwaaskusuwich) [vai]
there is a certain number of them (anim, stick-like)

ᐃᑕᐦᐧᑖᔅᒄ (itahtwaaskw) [p]
so many, a certain number of stick-like things

ᐃᑕᐦᐱᑌᐤ (itahpiteu) [vta]
s/he ties it (anim) in a certain way

ᐃᑕᐦᐱᑕᒻ (itahpitam) [vti]
s/he ties it in a certain way

ᐃᑕᐦᑎᓐ (itahtin) [vii]
there are a certain number

ᐃᑕᐦᑐᐦᐁᐤ (itahtuheu) [vta]
s/he makes a certain number of them (anim)

ᐃᑕᐦᑐᐦᑏ (itahtuhtii) [na]
a certain number of dollars

ᐃᑕᐦᑐᐦᑖᐤ (itahtuhtaau) [vai+o]
s/he makes a certain number of them (anim)

ᐃᑕᐦᑐᐳᓀᓲ (itahtupunesuu) [vai]
it (anim) is ...X ...years old

ᐃᑕᐦᑐᐳᓐᐦ (itahtupunh) [vii]
X number of years

ᐃᑕᐦᑐᑌᓅ (itahtutenuu) [vai]
there are a certain number of families

ᐃᑕᐦᑐᔥᑕᐧᐁᔮᐤ (itahtushtaweyaau) [vai]
there are a certain number of beaver lodges in the area

ᐃᑕᐦᑕᒻ (itahtam) [vti]
s/he hears it so, it sounds so to him

ᐃᑕᐧᐁᐦᐊᒧᐧᐁᐤ (itawehamuweu) [vta]
s/he cuts, fixes someone's hair in a certain way

ᐃᑕᐧᐁᐦᐊᒫᐤ (itawehamaau) [vai]
s/he cuts, fixes her/his own hair in a certain way

ᐃᑕᑎᓈᐤ (itatinaau) [vii]
the mountain looks a certain way

ᐃᑕᒋᐦᑕᒧᐧᐁᐤ (itachihtamuweu) [vta]
s/he charges him/her so much for it

ᐃᑕᒋᐦᑕᒻ (itachihtam) [vti]
s/he charges so much for it

ᐃᑕᒋᐦᑖᑯᓐ (itachihtaakun) [vii]
it costs a certain amount

ᐃᑕᒋᒣᐤ (itachimeu) [vta]
s/he charges so much for it (anim)

ᐃᑕᒋᔅᑖᑯᓲ (itachistaakusuu) [vai]
it (anim) costs a certain amount

ᐃᑕᒧᐦᐁᐤ (itamuheu) [vta]
s/he sticks it (anim) on, in a certain way

ᐃᑕᒧᐦᑖᐤ (itamuhtaau) [vai+o]
s/he sticks it on, in a certain way

ᐃᑕᒨ (itamuu) [vai/vii]
it (road, path) leads to; it sticks on in a certain way

ᐃᑕᒪᐦᒋᐦᐁᐤ (itamahchiheu) [vta]
s/he makes him/her feel in a certain way

ᐃᑕᒪᐦᒋᐦᐆ (itamahchihuu) [vai]
s/he feels in a certain way

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