Possible incorrect definition for "aspi-"

[aaronfay]

Working on a transcription last night with several fluent speakers and we encountered aspi- in a few places, including this phrase:

ta-apsi-kâkîsimoyahk "to lean on our prayers/faith"

The fluent speakers asserted aspi- means "to lean on", however itwewina is showing that aspi- means "badly".

Is it possible the definition offered on itwêwina is incorrect?

[fbanados]

Hi Aaron,

I'm the new software developer for itwewina. I'm not a linguist, but this is what I currently see: The sources we use to compile the definitions for itwewina do include the "badly" definition for aspi-. A new version of the sources (which will be deployed soon) will also include another entry for aspi-, "along with, additionally, on top".

There are also discussions (but no current timeline) to add to itwewina definitions from the Maskwacîs Speech DB recording and validation project. There is an entry there for aspi-sakaha that seems to go closer to the meaning you are looking for.

Personally, I would lean on the side of considering that itwêwina is incomplete, and that there is another sense that has not been documented here. I do not know if there is a plan to crowdsource more definitions for the dictionary, but I will ask the team.