Glossary : Living
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anasseu
- she makes a floor of fir branches
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anatshenanu
- they cover the base of the tent with snow
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apakuatakanu patshuianitshuap
- they cover the tent structure with canvas
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auneu tshishtapakuna
- she carries spruce branches
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ka tshimanakaniht kukushuakanashkuat
- place where the poles have been left
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ka uitshinanut
- camp
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kakusseshiu-patshuianitshuap
- prospector’s tent
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kutuenanu
- they make a fire
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mamakushkamu umatukap
- he uses his body weight to trample the snow, to make a place for the tent
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manukashunanu
- they set up the camp
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nanatuaputatsheu
- he pierces the trunk to bend them
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nekakatamu ukatshishapishteshim
- he puts sand in his frying pan
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pashkaipu
- even out the ground for the tent
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piuashikuaitshenanu
- they remove the branches from a conifer with an axe to insulate a floor
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puitakaishkaitsheu
- he splits wood chips with an axe
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shakassineu pishimu
- the moon is full
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shaputuan
- cone-shaped, two-doored tent
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tashkaimiteu
- split wood
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tashtuikanitshuap
- teepee
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tetauan
- central pole
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tipainissatamu apakuanu
- she measure the canvas with her hand
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tshiashi-nikuashkan
- ancient cemetary
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tshishtashkatshikana
- tent poles
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utapanashkut utapeu umitima
- here she comes with her firewood on the sled

