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mαčáyi-psαn

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it is starting to snow, it is on the verge of snowing.

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  • mαčáyi shared form the very beginning, the initial point;
  • mαčayi- shared opening 1) set about, enter upon, take the first step, 2) make a beginning, begin the initial stage or first
  • mαčayi-kíwohse shared opening he is at the point of departure to go hunting or roaming,
  • mαčayi-ntαwítəwihle shared opening he is starting to know how to fly,
  • mαčayi-pəmítəwihle shared opening he is starting to fly (as a fledgling).
  • mαčayi-pə́kətete shared opening it smoulders, it reaches the point of making smoke.

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  • akʷéči-psαn related meaning: Snow it is trying to snow
  • awəssάləyake related meaning: Snow there is a wet snow.
  • àpəhan related meaning: Snow 1) there is a warm flood, 2) there is a warm body of water (as under the snow and above the ice).
  • káti-psαn related meaning: Snow it is going to snow.
  • kinάməkʷihaso related meaning: Snow there is a big squall (of rain, snow, sleet)
  • kisάkʷahte related meaning: Snow it (snow) has drifted.

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