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nəkʷilóhtehkamən

TI · class 1a

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1) I rove in search for it, or for something at a locality, 2) I reconnoiter to find it, 3) I divine for it with a muskrat pelvic bone;

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→nəkati-kʷilóhtehkamənI am going to reconnoiter for it [where I am going to come out on the lake; used in divination with a muskrat pelvic bone].

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  • kʷilohtáhikan related meaning: Muskrat (+2 more) 1) instrument used in searching by osteomancy, 2) bone used in divination to locate something or a p
  • kʷilóhtehkam related meaning: Muskrat (+2 more) 1) he walks and searches in a rapid manner, 2) he roves in searching for something, 3) he reconnoite
  • kʷəsìhtαkanikan related meaning: Muskrat (+1 more) a bone or bony object used in devination [such as the pelvis bone of a muskrat],
  • nəsikikánahtamən related meaning: Bone I eat all of the flesh from it (bone); I eat all the meat off the bone
  • àləho related meaning: Bone he chokes on a bone [especially fish bone],
  • ketəwáhkʷsoket related meaning: Bone a small weasel like animal who gnaws wood, lives with a fallen tree or log, white with a long pointe

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