Derived Verbs (Secondary)

Verbs of Abundance (“it is an area with lots of…”)

Observation
ᔒᔒᑉ ᔒᔒᐱᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word shiishiip Click here to hear this word shiishiipiskaau
duck this is an area with lots of ducks
ᒥᔅᑎᒄ ᒥᔅᑎᑯᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word mistikw Click here to hear this word mistikuskaau
tree this is an area with lots of trees

We can add ᔅᑳᐤ -skaau to a noun to make a verb meaning It is an area with lots of …. This is usually added to nouns of plants, trees, animals, and people.

Noun Verb
ᔒᔒᑉ ᔒᔒᐱᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word shiishiip Click here to hear this word shiishiipiskaau
duck this is an area with lots of ducks
ᒥᔅᑎᒄ ᒥᔅᑎᑯᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word mistikw Click here to hear this word mistikuskaau
tree this is an area with lots of tree
ᒦᒋᒻ ᒦᒋᒥᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word miichim Click here to hear this word miichimiskaau
food this is an area with lots of food
ᐧᐋᒋᓈᑲᓐ ᐧᐋᒋᓈᔭᓂᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word waachinaakan Click here to hear this word waachinaakaniskaau
tamarack this is an area with lots of tamarack
ᐊᒥᔅᒄ ᐊᒥᔅᑯᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word amiskw Click here to hear this word amiskuskaau
beaver this is an area with lots of beaver
ᐱᔨᐤ ᐱᔦᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word piyeu Click here to hear this word piyeskaau
partridge this is an area with lots of partridge
ᒫᓂᑌᐤ ᒫᓂᑌᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word maaniteu Click here to hear this word maaniteskaau
visitor this is an area with lots of visitor
ᐱᔦᓲ ᐱᔦᓰᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word piyesu Click here to hear this word piyesiiskaau
turkey this is an area with lots of turkey
ᐱᔔ ᐱᔒᔅᑳᐤ
Click here to hear this word pishuu Click here to hear this word pishiiskaau
lynx this is an area with lots of lynx

Some nouns like ᐱᔦᓲ piyesu turkey change their endings before adding the final -skaau. The rules are the same as for adding the locative suffix. See Noun Stems.