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písəwəkiskʷ

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firmament, the heavens, ~the wild blue yonder"

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písəwəkiskokin the heavens...loc.

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  • písihle shared opening he goes in,
  • písikʷəso shared opening he crawls in something, crawls inside of something,
  • písohse shared opening he walks in (an enclosure, a medium),
  • pístehsin shared opening he falls, he has fallen;
  • pístehsən shared opening it falls into a hole
  • písənike shared opening he places things in by hand, inserts,

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  • mehkʷάmkehsək same theme: Place / direction (+1 more) where there is a small red beach
  • akʷímoti same theme: Place / direction anchorage, a place to float, place to keep canoes floating (as a cove),
  • anikəwačə́ssikan same theme: Color blue paint, oil color,
  • anikəwátsikan same theme: Color blue dye/watercolor,
  • aníkəwatəwan same theme: Color blue lactar, indigo milky cap ⟨sciname⟩(Lactarius indigo [Schweinitz] Fries), ⟨/sciname⟩
  • awahsáwαmki same theme: Place / direction place behind a shining gravel bar [rarely used],

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