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ᦅ ᦟᦱᧆkalaat⁵verb (intransitive)to slip; slip offᦎᦲᧃ ᦅ ᦟᦱᧆ ᦉᦲᧉ ᦷᦟᧆ.Her feet slipped into the bicycle spokes.7.2.1.5.1Slip, slideᦟᦱᧆ2
ᦅᦰ ᦅᦰkaʔ⁵kaʔ⁵post-verbstill; not movingᦀᦱᧉ ᦷᦉᧇ ᦑᦸᧂᦰ ᦙᧃ ᧞ ᦖᦹᧃ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦅᦰ ᦅᦰ.They stared at her open-mouthed and stood there 'ka-ka'.7.2.7Not moving
ᦅᦱ1kaa⁴500final particleparticle used with yes/no questions that anticipate a positive answerᦣᧁ ᧒ ᦵᦃᦲ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦉ ᦠᦻ ᦂᧃ ᦡᦲ ᦅᦱ?Why shouldn't we two be friends?ᦂᦴ ᦙᦱ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦕᦴᧉ ᦉ ᦃᦲᦰ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦱ?I can be a witness, can't I?ᦂᦲᧃ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦟᧂ ᧟ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦌᦽᧈ ᦙᦹ ᧞ ᦅᦱ?After you ate dinner you didn't wash your hands, did you?ᦀᧁ ᦔᦱ ᦚᧂ ᦺᦞᧉ ᦣᦲᧄ ᦂᦸ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦐᦲᧉ ᦡᦲ ᦅᦱ?Why don't we bury the fish by this tree?ᦟᦴᧅ ᦣᧅ ᦵᦂᦲᧆᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦂᧇ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦡᦲ ᦅᦱ?If we can't have a child, wouldn't it be good to adopt somebody else's child?9.4.3.3Interrogative 9.4.6.2Markers expecting an affirmative answerᦢᧁᧈ ᦅᦱ
ᦅᦱ2kaa⁴20001verb (intransitive)to be stuck to; stuck inᦃᧁ ᦦᦱᧂ ᦈᦸᧉ ᦂᦲᧂᧈ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦅᦱ ᦺᦞᧉ.The deer's horns got stuck in some branches.8.2.7.3Wedged in, stuck2nounstocks for imprisonmentᦐᦽᧈ 3ᦃᧁᧉ ᦆᦸᧅ ᦏᦳᧅ ᦅᦱ.He is in jail in the stocks.4.7.7.3Imprisonᦊᦱᧉ ᦐᦲᧇᧈ ᦅᦲᧇ ᦅᦱ
ᦅᦱᧈ1kaa⁵5001pre-verbonly; merelyᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦀᦱᧉ ᦷᦉᧇ ᦺᦞᧉ.The king could only gape. ᦃᧁ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦗᦱ ᦂᧃ ᦗᦸᧅ ᦙᦱ ᦀᧁ ᦺᦝ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ.All they could do was go back and fetch some fire from home.8.1.5.7Only2prepositiononly; nothing but; justᦵᦣᧆ ᦉᧂ? ᦌᦹᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦗᦸᧇ.What did you do? All I did was buy a book. OR All I bought was a book. ᦵᦂᦲᧆ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦓᦸᧂᧉ ᦍᦲᧂ ᦜᦱᧉ ᦍᧂ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦀᧁ ᦷᦕ ᦵᦑᦲᧈ.There remained only the youngest who wasn't married yet.9.4.4.7Just, almost not8.1.5.7Onlyᦷᦂ ᦅᦱᧈᦅᦱᧈ ᦞᦱᧈᦋᦴᧈ ᦅᦱᧈᦷᦋᧈ ᦅᦱᧈᦎᦱᧄ ᦅᦱᧈᦑᦹᧂ ᦅᦱᧈᦓᧅ ᦅᦱᧈᦔᦻ ᦅᦱᧈᦗᦸ ᦅᦱᧈᦙᦸᧅ ᦅᦱᧈᦜᦻ ᦅᦱᧈᦡᦸᧄ ᦅᦱᧈᦢᧁᧈ ᦅᦱᧈ
ᦅᦱᧈ2kaa⁵2000nounprice; cost; valueᦠᦸᧄ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦆᧄ ᦜᦲᧄᧉ ᧚.He saved up the price for a bar of gold.ᦏᦱᧄ ᦀᧁ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦑᦱᧃᧈ.They asked for payment from him.6.8.4.3Priceᦃᧃ ᦅᦱᧈᦃᦹᧃᧉ ᦅᦱᧈᦅᦱᧈ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦑᦱᧂᦅᦱᧈ ᦃᧃᦅᦱᧈ ᦈᦱᧂᧉᦅᦱᧈ ᦉᦲᧃᦅᦱᧈ ᦍᦾᧈ ᦶᦙᦅᦱᧈ ᦷᦎᧅ ᦐᧅᦅᦱᧈ ᦑᦱᧂᦅᦱᧈ ᦷᦔᦅᦱᧈ ᦟ ᦃᧃᦅᦱᧈ ᦷᦟᧆᦅᦱᧈ ᦷᦠᦅᦱᧈ ᦺᦡᦅᦱᧈ ᦶᦣᧂᦷᦅᧃ ᦅᦱᧈᦖᧃᧉ ᦅᦱᧈᦶᦗᧂ ᦅᦱᧈᦟᦳᧂ ᦅᦱᧈᦠᦱ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦡᧉᦢᧁᧈ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦅᦱᧈ
ᦅᦱᧉ ᦃᦻkaa⁶xaaj¹2000verb (intransitive)to buy and sell; engage in trade (can be separated)ᦃᦱᧉ ᦎᦴ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦂᦑᧄ ᦣᦻᧉ ᦎᦸᧈ ᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦉᧂ, ᦗᦸ ᦅᦱᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦙᦱ ᦃᦻ.We have not come to do any evil against the king, we have come only to trade.6.8.4Financial transactionᦅᦱᧉᦃᦻᦂᦱᧃ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦃᦻᦅᦱᧉ ᦺᦎᧉ ᦃᦻ ᦵᦐᦲᦅᦱᧉ ᦓᦾᧉ ᦃᦻ ᦀᦸᧃᧈᦅᦳᧃ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦃᦻᦅᦳᧃ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦃᦻᦷᦆ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦷᦆ ᦃᦻᦋᦸᧂᧈ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦑᦱᧂ ᦃᦻᦌᦹᧉ ᦺᦏᧈ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦃᦻᦷᦎᧅ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦟᦳᧂ ᦃᦻᦑᦱᧂ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦃᦻᦑᦱᧂ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦑᦱᧂ ᦃᦻᦗᦸᧈ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦓᦻ ᦃᦻ
ᦅᦱ ᦅᦱkaa⁴kaa⁴onomatopoeiasound of a crowᦂᦱ ᦈᧇ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦔᦻ ᦺᦙᧉ ᧞ ᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦅᦱ ᦅᦱ.The crow grasped the twig and sang 'kaa-kaa'.1.6.4.3Animal sounds2.3.2.3Types of sounds
