ᐊᔮᐤ ayâw

(verb, animate intransitive)

s/he has it in h/ possession

Examples

ᒨᓚ ᑭᑦ ᐊᔮᓇᐤ ᒌᒫᓐ᙮
We have no boat.
Turner - Moose Factory Cree [2013]

ᐁᑯ ᒫᑲ ᐊᐗ ᓈᐯᐤ ᑮ ᐅᓴᒻ ᐆᐦᐅ ᒦᓂᔕ ᑳ ᐊᔮᐙᔅᐸᓐ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐐᑭᐙᐦᒃ᙮
And so this man boiled these berries that they had in their home.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

s/he owns it

Examples

ᓂᑦ ᐅᐦᑌᓕᒫᐤ ᐁ ᐊᔮᑦ ᐅᒑᐹᓂᔑᔑᓕᐤ᙮
I envy him for owning a car.
Elizabeth Simard [2019]

(of a task or work)

s/he has it, s/he is responsible for it

Examples

ᓂᑦ ᐊᔮᓐ ᐋᐸᑎᓯᐎᓐ᙮
I have work.
Susan Cheechoo [2020]

(of a condition, state, or disease)

s/he experiences it, s/he feels it, s/he suffers from it

Examples

ᑭ ᒥᓂᐦᒀᓐ ᐊᓂᒪ ᑆᒧᔑ ᐋᐦᑯᓯᔭᓐ, ᐁᑳ ᒋ ᐊᔮᔭᓐ᙮
You drink that before you get sick, so you won't experience it.
Hilda Jeffries [2020]

ᐌᓴ, ᑮᔥᐱᓐ ᐱᑯ ᐁᔮᐗᓀ ᔒᐱᓚᐌᓯᐎᓐ ᑭᒋ ᓇᑐᐦᑕᐎᔭᓐ
especially since, hadst thou but patience to hear me
Vincent - Pilgrim's Progress [1886]

ᔕᐌᓕᐦᒋᑫᐎᓐ ᑭᑲ ᐐ ᐊᔮᓈᐙᐤ, ᓀᔥᑕ ᑲᔮᒣᓕᐦᑕᒧᐎᓐ
Grace be to you, and peace
Ephesians 1:2 [1876]

(euphemism)

s/he has sex

Examples

ᓂᑮ ᐊᔮᓈᓐ ᑌᐱᔅᑳᒃ᙮
We had sex last night.
anonymous [2014]

synonymmašiwew, pôhtahikew, wînisiw

Conjugate

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possess

ayâw, ayâwew

have

ayâw, ayâwew

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Some words starting with 'ayâw'

ᐊᔮᐌᐤ ayâwew
verb, transitive animate

s/he has it in h/ possession
s/he owns it

s/he has h/

(euphemism) s/he has sex with h/

ᐊᔭᐎᔥ ayawiš
particle

within the same day, for the day

ᐊᔭᐎᔑ ayawiši-
prenoun

fresh