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asíkʷhike

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1) he does plunging, 2) he pokes a stick into an animal hole or hollow tree to scare him out,

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  • asíhkikən shared opening it is matted, loosely constructed, open meshed,
  • asíhkimin shared opening rock or northern mountain cranberry, ⟨sciname⟩(Vaccinium vitis-idaea VAR minus Loddiges)⟨/sciname⟩ [
  • asíhəpαčo shared opening pail of birch bark, water container made of woven birch bark,
  • asíkanəss shared opening common sunfish, pumpkinseed ⟨sciname⟩(Lepomis gibbosus L.)⟨/sciname⟩,
  • asíkʷhikan shared opening plunger, ramrod, stick for cleaning pipestem,
  • asípiye shared opening † lamb (meat)

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Themes: Animal (general) Tree Fear / danger Listen-3

  • kskìso same theme: Animal (general) (+1 more) he is wide, broad, [tree, pipe, bow, snowshoe; used for AN object except humans and animals),
  • kətəwáhkʷsoke same theme: Animal (general) (+1 more) he whizzes, makes the sound of a switch being beat in the air, or a small animal gnawing on wood,
  • nαlíkiko same theme: Animal (general) (+1 more) he is split apart (an AN object [tree, snowshoe,pipe] but not a human or animal)
  • čáčahkʷəso same theme: Animal (general) (+1 more) he is short (canoe, pole, person, tree, animal),
  • čipaki-wíseləmo same theme: Animal (general) (+1 more) he makes a sudden outcry of pain from, caused by a sudden injury or sudden terror (as a severely wou
  • ketəwáhkʷsoket same theme: Animal (general) (+1 more) a small weasel like animal who gnaws wood, lives with a fallen tree or log, white with a long pointe

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