itwêwina

kakâyawâtan

1. Action word — like: miywâsin, mihkwâw
2. ni-/ki- word
3. s/he

VII-2n 💧➡️   like: miywâsin

n-final pluralizable inanimate intransitive verb (VII-2n) - tâpiskôc: miywâsin

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kakâýawâtan-

1. it is a good item, it is a dependable item CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. it is tough, it is durable, it is solid CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
3. it is good because it is tough, durable or solid AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

kâhka-yâwâtan

1. Action word — like: miywâsin, mihkwâw
2. ni-/ki- word
3. s/he

1. Preverb : kah
   

   has been, had done

   every time s/he has been, every time s/he has done [grammatical preverb: "past, completive, perfective"; changed conjunct / iterative of kî(h)- "past"]

   would, ought to

   could

   likely to

   intermittent, repeatedly

   again and again

   here and there [reduplicative grammatical preverb: augmentative]
2. Preverb : ka
   

   will, in the future [grammatical preverb: future "will, shall"; irrealis; infinitive "to, in order to"; optative "ought, should"]

   ongoing, continuing [reduplicative grammatical preverb]

   [grammatical preverb: defines a changed conjunct clause; often a relative clause, e.g. "who, which, where, when"; adverbial clause: "when, after"]

form of yâwâtan

1. it is a deep hole, cave CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.