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jaaʾpossible formchaaʾ2listen!/well!listen!
=jaaʾenclmay, let, will8.4.6.4Future=banjaaʾencllet be/will bekoshnaa-jaaʾ, Shtaaʾexprprayer after sneezingshoonkʾaa ishdikʾeeʾ-jaaʾexprprayer before getting out of bed
jaangadvheresim.dii 1this8.5.1Here, there
jaang-haaʾadvjust here, right here8.5.1Here, therecomp. ofjaanghere=haaʾjust
jeeschown aelk, wapitiCervus canadensissynmiielkcnstbilhchow 1elk horn wedgechʾineeltʾaatsʾ1meat cut in stripsjeeschow-deeʾelk horn wedgejeeschow-sitsʾelk-skin robe5.2.3.2.2Red Meat (mammals)1.6.1.1.04Hoofed animalsjischow
jeeschow chʾineeltʾaatsʾn aelk cut in strips, elk jerkygenchʾineeltʾaatsʾ1meat cut in strips5.2.3.2.2Red Meat (mammals)der. ofjeeschowelkchʾ..neeltʾaatsʾbe cut in strips
jeeschow-deeʾn aelk horn wedgematjeeschowelksim.bilhchow 1elk horn wedge6.7.1Cutting toolcomp. ofjeeschowelk*deeʾ1horn/antler
jeeschow-sitsʾn aelk-skin robegentʾeeʾ 1robematjeeschowelksim.kakyiitcʾishbuckskin robenoonii-uusitsʾbear-skin robetʾeeʾ 1robewaaʾchow 2robe4.4.4.5Protect5.3.3.2Upper Body wearcomp. ofjeeschowelksitsʾ1skin
jischowdial. var. ofjeeschowelk
√JITrtfear, be afraidP-ee-n-(s)..ljitvtbe afraid of P
-jiiintsuffixsimple wh-interrogative suffixsim.-shaangwonder wh interrogative suffix-shooʾunusual interrogative suffix9.4.3.3Interrogative daahiinjiiinterwhat did you say?daahtyaajiiinterwhy?/what is the matter?daalhʾinjiiinterwhy?daanjiiinterwho?daanlhaangjiiinterhow many?daantʾeejiiinterhow?daashtʾiinjiiinterwhy does it do that?daayaaʾnjiiinterwhat did they say?diijiiinterwhat?taahdinjiiinterwhat for?taahjiiinterwhere?taatjiiinterwhen?taatjiiinterwhen?
√JIITSrtpull/towoo..tjiitsvtpull O in two
*JOLrtwhistling soundchʾ..tjolvsbe a whistling sound