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nąngwetąNAHⁿNG-gway-tahⁿfearfulverbdangerousverbunspec. comp. form ofnąngwe1
nąngwewahiNAHⁿNG-gway-WAH-heedangerousverbfrightfulverbunspec. comp. form ofnąngwe1-wahiunspec. comp. form of-wa1-hiDorsey notes with this term, "said of what is seen."Comparenaxirewahiunspec. comp. form ofnaxire-wahispeak of an object or a person in sight as dangerous
nąnje1NAHⁿN-jayfather (your)nounCompareąnjeąnjehiunspec. comp. form ofąnje-hihįnka
nąnje2NAHⁿN-jayheartnoununspec. comp. formnąnje gipinąnje i'ųnąnje ikąhįnąnje nyich'enąnje pinąnje pi gi'ųnąnje tųNąnjeingeFree VariantnąhjeNAHⁿ-hjaynąsjeNAHⁿ-sjayfierceterribleterrifyingvery angryragingHard Heartbrave heart
nąnje3NAHⁿN-jayperhapsAre aanyi hnye nąnje ke/ki.In that case, I will perhaps have it.oughtWakąnda regrahi nąnje nų'a regrahi skunyi ke/ki.You ought to love God, but you do not.must beWą'shige nąnje ke/ki.It must be a person.must have'Ų nąnje ke/ki.He/she must have done it.Riwa ra'ų nąnje ke/ki.You must have done it.mayapt to
nąnje3 2ought
nąnje3 2ought
nąnje4NAHⁿN-jaygo by foot
nąnje gipiNAHⁿN-jay gee-PEEhave a good heartverbgladverbunspec. comp. form ofnąnje2heartgipiunspec. comp. form ofgi-3 5pi1 1have a bad heartsorrowful
nąnje gipi skunyiNAHⁿN-jay gee-PEE SKOO-nyeehave a bad heartverbsorrowfulverbunspec. comp. form ofnąnje gipiunspec. comp. form ofnąnje2gipi-skunyiThe "gipi" portion is what is conjugated on this term and any suffixes such as "-wi" or "-nye" need to go on the end of "skunyi".
nąnje i'ųNAHⁿN-jay ee'-OOⁿlove from the very heartverbunspec. comp. form ofnąnje2hearti-1 1with
nąnje ikąhįNAHⁿN-jay ee-KAHⁿ-heeⁿheart arterynoununspec. comp. form ofnąnje2heartikąhį
nąnje nyich'eNAHⁿN-jay NYEECH'-ehhave a pain in the heartverbhave heartburnverbunspec. comp. form ofnąnje2heartnyich'e
nąnje piNAHⁿN-jay peekind heartedadjective-verbunspec. comp. form ofnąnje2heartpi1Free Variantnąsje piNAHⁿ-sjay pee
nąnje pi gi'ųNAHⁿN-jay PEE gee'-OOⁿmake joy for someonetransitive verbmake someone satisfiedtransitive verbunspec. comp. form ofnąnje2heartpi1gi-3
Nąnje ThakeNAHⁿN-jay THAH-kayHard Heartproper noununspec. comp. form ofnąnje2thakeheart - hard
nąnje tųNAHⁿN-jay TOOⁿhave a heartverbhave a good dispositionverbmercifulverbunspec. comp. form ofnąnje2heart1
nąnje wasoseNAHⁿN-jay wah-SOH-saybrave heartnoununspec. comp. form ofnąnje2wasoseFree Variantnąhje wasoseNAHⁿ-hjay wah-SOH-say
NąnjeingeNAHⁿN-jay-eeng-aySmall Heartproper noununspec. comp. form ofnąnje2heartingefree variant ofshinge
nąnk'agreNAHⁿNK'-ah-graysaddlenoununspec. comp. form ofnąnkeagre
nąnk'oNAHⁿNK'-ohwipe or rub the feetverbunspec. comp. form ofną-*k'oComparewak'ounspec. comp. form ofwa-2*k'o
nąnkeNAHⁿNG-kayback (body)noununspec. comp. formnąnke nyich'ebacknounDialectal Variantnąnkąsaddlelean meat near the spinelongissimus dorsiat the back
nąnke kąnahⁿng-KAY kahⁿlean meat near the spinenounlongissimus dorsinoununspec. comp. form ofnąnke1
nąnke nyich'eNAHⁿNG-kay NYEECH'-ehbackacheunspec. comp. form ofnąnke 1back (body)nyich'e 1hurt
nąnkedaat the backcomposed ofnąnkeidacerebellumbrain at the back
nąnkehinahⁿng-KAY-heemake a present to one of another nation or tribeverbgive for nothingverbgive away, expecting nothing in returnverbunspec. comp. form of-hi
nąnkehi 1make a present to one of another nation or tribe
nąnkehi 2give for nothing
nąnkehi 3give away, expecting nothing in return
nąnkerinahⁿng-KAY-reebehindadverbin backadverbthe other daylastlastway backlong ago