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table, a		tawipodi
tablemaker, a		noji dawipodikad, noji tawipodikad
tail		ozogena, wzogena, wzekwna
tailor, a		nojigw8nsa
tailor, a*		nodagis8wad
take		maah8w-
take apart		zegwesk-, zegosk-
take apart*		zokw-
take away		gad-, gaj-
take away*		m8jala
take care of		nanawal-
take care of*		nanawalma
take off		gad-, gaj-
take one's time		bela-, pla-
take pleasure		gelami-, klami-
take*		oden-, wden-, waden-
talk		gelo-, klo-
talk about		debelo-
talk over		bodawaz-
talk*		8dokazimek
tall		gwen-, kwen-, kwan-, gwan-
tall*		gwana
tamarack		bobenodagwezo-ak
tanager, scartlet		mkwimins-ak, mekwimins-ak
tangle		deksk-
tanner, a		nodatsigad
tape		pigw8ns8gan
tapping		lakwtahigan
tart, a		pata
tastes		-p8gwat
tastes*		-p8gwezo
taught		agakimgwezo, kimgwezo
tavern		soghebaigamigw
tea pot		b8mb-ak
tea, labrador		az8bakw
teach		agaki-
teach self		agakimzi
teach*		agakima
teach, tell me		witamawi
teacher, a		agakigamwinno-ak
teal, blue-winged		meljasiz-ak
teal, green-winged		papaw8gahlod-jik
tease		gakhig-
telephone		waw8jemoik
television, a		bakskizigikinamothlowad
tell		hl-
tell a story		8jem-
tell a story*		8thlok-
tell a story**		8doka
tell me*		witamawi
tell*		debelo-
tell**		8doka-
tell***		wi-
tell****		hli
temperament		lakamigezimek
temple		mdagwa
ten cents		mdalasansak
tender		gigij-
tendon		-jat
tent		w8baksigan
tent*		w8baksigamigw
terminate		tagwagwi8
terrible		jibag-
terrible*		jaji-
test		gwej-
testicles		askoksial
than		ndaki, 8daki
thank you		kd'alalamihigan
thank you*		alamisit
thank you**		kd'alamihigen
thank you***		k'wijokagamit
thank, I		nd'alamizowi waw8gm8
thankful*		walaswaldam
thankful, I am		nd'alamizi
thankgod		ali wijokagamit Kchi Niwaskw
thanks		wlalmegwa
thanks*		wliwni
Thanksgiving		Walaswaldamodin
thanksgiving*		walaswaldamw8gan
that		ali
that (animate one)		na
that (inanimate one)		ni
thaw		oska-, weska-
thaw, it thaws		weskata
the back of the body		-beskwan
the bay person		W8linawes
The Big Dipper		Awasos
The Big Dipper*		Awasosamkw8n
the butternut person		Pag8noid
the club in playing cards		dlap
the edge of a place		wazaz-
the end		wanask-
the far walking person, scout		Nopaosawinno
the headman, the boss		Ma8wat
the little one		Piwans
The North Star		pebonkialakws
the one who helps		Wijokamit
the one who is like an arrow		Asikw8nit
the one who sews a pattern		M8m8ligw8n8t
the one who sticks to something		Pemagwamit
the only one		pazgwinoo
the person who keeps following a trail		Nabo8msawinno
the short one		Tawkwsit
the smoker		Odam8t
the strange or different one		Piloakwas
the sun goes up in the sky		badosa
the valley person		W8lhanas
the way that		al-
the way the year is		aligadek
the year round		ligadenowaiwi
theft		kmodnaw8gan
theirs		agm8w8, agem8w8
them		agm8w8, agem8w8
then		zib-
then		sibiwi
then*		adoji
then**		niga
then, meanwhile		s8gawi, z8gawi
there		tal-, dal-
there where		atal-
there*		atal-
there**		adali, dali
there***		nidali
there****		taka
there*****		nem8
therefore		k8dak, g8dak
Theresa		Talaz
these (animate ones)		iogik
these (inanimate ones)		iolil
they		agm8w8, agem8w8
they grow together		m8wigenol
they*		agm8gik, agem8gik
thick		kada-
thick		pzagwa
thick (as a liquid)		pezagw-
thick*		kpagi
thick**		kepag-, kpag-
thigh		-ikkwa
thigh*		mikwa
thimble		ligw8ns8gan
thin		azig-
thin liquid mixture		sabag-
thin*		wazabi
thin**		wazab-
think		lal-
think*		lidah8ma
think**		-aldam, -dam, -tam
think***		lidah8-
thinks foolishly, he		giwhlowidah8zo
thirsty		kadawesmi
this (animate one)		wa
this (inanimate one)		io
this morning		chakwa
this time last year		akw8bakka
this time next year		nikw8bakka
this way or that		taniliwi
this year		bamigadek
thistle		g8wiz-ak
Thomas		Tom8
thorn plum		chignaz
thorn tree		jigenazakwam-ak
thorn, a		g8wi
thorn, a		astawad
thornapple		dabsigid cigenaz-ak
thorny		g8w-, k8w-
thoroughly		wisse-, wissi-
thoroughly*		pabakiwi
those (animate ones)		nigik
those (inanimate ones)		nilil
those others		agm8gik, agem8gik
thou		gia, kia
though		minagwiba
thought		lidah8zw8gan
thread		skw8zontakw
three		nas
thresh		baghimina, pagimina, pakhimina
thresher, a		noji pakhiminad
throat		mked8gan
through		z8b-
through		s8biwi
throw		laka
throw around		giwaka
throwing		lakaw8gan
thrush, a		wl8gwilhas-ak
thrush, hermit		wl8gwilhas-ak
thumb		-itkwa
thumb		witkwalji
thunder		bad8gi
thunders, it		bad8gioo
Thursday		Iawda alokan
thus		ali
thus*		akw8b-
thus**		gas-, kas-
thus***		k8dak, g8dak
tickle		gejeg-
tickle*		gejik8zimek
tickle, to		gejegen8mek
tidy		wizaw-
tie		gelab-, kelab-
tie*		kelabido
tight		chita-
tight fitting		jita-
tight*		z8gel-, s8gl-
tight**		zegik-
tighten		chitamiwi
tiller, a		notkikad
tin		papahw-
tin basin		papahwijwijo
tin pale		papahwijo
tin*		papahwijwiia
tinder bag		pibeskwnoda
tinsmith, a		noji papawijokad
tip over		gaw-, kaw-
tip over*		gib-
tire		sawsani
tired		zaw-, saw-
tiresome		ksin-
tiresome*		gsini-
to		li
to death		gwaskw-, gwskw-
to exhaustion		gwaskw-, gwskw-
to fast		manosa-
to forget someone		wanalma
to here		naod-
to one side		beska-
to pluck a bird		beskwiboahal8mek
to set something before someone		ktataw8mek, gettaw8mek
to sing for a dance		nawadowa
to thank		waw8gwsin ali alamihodimek wji
to the end		gwaskw-, gwskw-
to the finish		gwaskw-, gwskw-
to the side		bema-, bemiji-
to the side*		8zow-
to the side**		pska-
to the side, aside		mska-
toad*		mamaska, maska
toad, tree		ahal8dawasid-jik, al8dawasid-jik
toast		begig-
tobacco		wdamo
toboggan		dab8gan
today		pamkisgak, pamgisgak, bamgisgak
toe		Witkwazit
toes		witkwzidal
together		adow-
together with		gass-, kass-
together with*		-id-, wid-, wij-
together with**		wid-, wij-, -id-
together with***		gassi, kassi
together*		m8w-
together**		m8wi
tomahawk		demahigan
tomorrow		saba
tongue		-ilalo
tongue*		milalo
tonight		paml8gwik
too		wz8m-, oz8m-
too many (animate things)		wz8malok
too much		oz8m-, wz8m-
too much		wz8mi
tool bag		pesnoda
tool bag		pesnoda
tooth		-ibid
tooth*		wibid
toothache		-ibid8gw
top of something, the		azazen-al
top, a		lak8gan
topsoil		wikaiki-al
torch, a		wassakwhlanigan
torture		mamagaha
touch		nojoka
touchwood		agw8dawas-ak
tough		jidan-
touselled		deksk-
towards		li
towards the speaker		naod-
town		odana
toy		papitonk8gan-al
tracking game		naoza
trade		azow-
trade*		azowena, azoweniga
trader, a		nodazoonigad
trail		8wdi
train		kaaz
tranquil		8genaw-
tranquil*		z8genaw-
transparent		ahaza-
trap chain		tlaps8bi
trap, a		tlaps
trapped		petaokw
travel		lakann-, -kann-
travel aimlessly		giwanao
travel back		bagadkanni
travel continually		z8z8wakanni
travel repeatedly		z8z8wakinna
travel selling		lijowab-
travel together		m8wkannoak
travels around, he		giwkanno
tread		amalki
treasurer, a		noji m8niad
treat		lio-
treat therapeutically		sibel-
tree		abazi, m8zi, misi, -kwam
tremble		baw-, pao-
tremble*		nanam-
trick		nbakad-
trickle out		siba-
trickster		npakadaswinno
triumph		zakoz-
trouble		odami-
trouble*		waban-
trouble**		awsk8nka
trouble, to		wagawn8muk
troubled		ozigida8zo, wsigidah8zo
troublesome		nesk-
trout		skotam
true		wl8ma
true*		z8bi
trunk		lessagahigan
trust that		askida
truth		wl8maw8gan
try		gwagwad-, gwagwaj-, kwagwats-
try to do something		ksibas
try*		kwagwatskoala
try**		gwej-, gwats-, gwad-
Tuesday		Nisda Alokan
turd		-Ji
turkey, a		nahama-k
turn (as a key)		8pkw-
turn around		kwelbosa
turn on an axis		gwelegw-
turn over		kwelbena
turnip		channaps
turtle		tolba
turtle clan		plawinno
turtle shell		mikinakw
twig, a		bska8tkwensis
twin, a		agwaso
twist		gwelegw-
twisting		bim-
twisting, rolling, mouth puckering		adeb-