ᐋᐸᑎᓯᐤ âpatisiw
(verb, animate intransitive)
1
it is put to use, it is utilized
Examples
ᑭ ᐸᓵᐦᑯᑎᔦᐦᐙᐤ ᓂᔥᑣᐤ ᐅᔥᑲᔅᑭᐦᒄ ᐁᔥᑾ ᐁᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐋᐸᑎᓯᑦ ᐁᑳ ᒋ ᐊᑯᐦᑲᓯᑫᑦ᙮
You slap the bottom of a new pot three times before it is used so it will not stick.
Hilda Jeffries [2019]
2
it is useful
3
s/he works
Examples
ᐯᔭᒀᐤ ᒫᑲ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐁ ᐊᐱᔮᐦᒃ, ᓈᓇᑕᐙᐸᐦᑌᑖᐤ ᒫᑲ ᑫ ᐃᔑ ᐋᐸᑎᓯᔭᐦᒄ, ᓂᑦ ᐃᑣᓈᓐ᙮
As we sat there one day we said, "Let's look for a place to work."
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]
ᐁᓕᑯᐦᒄ ᒫᑲ ᐁ ᐋᐸᑎᓯᔮᓐ ᐱᔑᔑᒄ ᐊᓕᓯᐱᔾ ᐁ ᒥᓂᐦᑴᔮᓐ ᐋᔅᑲᐤ ᓂ ᐹᐦᐹᑯᒧᓐ᙮
While working hard and drinking nothing but water I would sometimes vomit.
Patrick Stephen - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1936]
synonymatoskew
We also found mentions of 'âpatisiw' in
âpatan, âpatisiw
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Some words starting with 'âpatisiw'
work
s/he creates employment