The verb ᐅᑖᒥᔑᑯᔑᓐutaamishikushins/he slips on the ice is made from the initial ᐅᑖᒥutaamihit against, a medial ᔑᑯshikuice and the verb final ᔑᓐshinhorizontal.
Verb Initial
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Verb Medial
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Verb Final
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Verb
ᐅᑖᒥ
ᐦᑎᒋ
ᔑᓐ
ᐅᑖᒥᐦᑎᒋᔑᓐ
utaami
+
htichi
+
shin
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utaamihtichishin
hit against
floor
horizontal
s/he falls on the floor
ᐅᑖᒥ
ᐹᒋ
ᔑᓐ
ᐅᑖᒥᐹᒋᔑᓐ
utaami
+
paachi
+
shin
=
utaamipaachishin
hit against
water
horizontal
s/he slips and falls in the water
ᒌᔑᑳ
ᐋᔥᑖᐤ
ᒌᔑᑳᔥᑖᐤ
chiishikaa
+
aashtaau
=
chiishikaashtaau
day
light
it is moonlight
APA:
Junker, M.-O., & MacKenzie, M. (2013). East Cree Word Formation (Northern Dialect). In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from [URL]
MLA:
Marie-Odile Junker and Marguerite MacKenzie. East Cree Word Formation (Northern Dialect). In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2013. Web. [date]
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