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nsahkʷihátαke

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it is/measures three inches (measured by three lengths of the distal phalanx of the thumb), [often used in muskrat tail divination; the longer the tail of the first muskrat taken, the greater the number of muskrats that will be killed that season].

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  • nsahkʷiləčáyi shared opening at/by/for/in three fingerbreadths
  • nsahkʷiləčáyi-kske shared opening it is/measures three fingerbreadths.
  • nsawahkámike shared opening it is a centrallly located place or area, or land,
  • nsawátapskek shared opening _PN_ the rock centrally placed (place at Hampden, six miles below Bangor, where Sourdabscook stream
  • nsawi- shared opening between
  • nsawi-péčihle shared opening He came between times [or between two places]

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  • nαnahkʷihátαke related meaning: Muskrat (+2 more) it is/measures five inches (measured by five lengths of the distal phalanx of the thumb). [often use
  • yewahkʷihátαke related meaning: Muskrat (+2 more) it is/measures four inches (measured by four lengths of the distal phalanx of the thumb) [often used
  • nəkʷətahkʷihátαke related meaning: Muskrat (+2 more) he/it is measured one inch (measured by the length of the distal phalanx of the thumb) [used in musk
  • nαpáčilo related meaning: Hand (+1 more) 1) he has game under his belt, (lit.), 2) he has game in hand, in his possession, 3) he makes a kill
  • wə̀sikəwαn related meaning: Hand (+1 more) lance (single large pointed spear made out of shoulder blade of moose, not thrown, used for killing
  • msəwáhkʷihke related meaning: Death there is a stand of dead trees, a dead forest, dead trees abound.

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