ᐁᑯᔑ ekoši

(particle)

regardless, nevertheless

Examples

ᐁᑯᔑ, ᒨᓚ ᐴᓂᐦᐁᐤ ᐆᐦᐅ ᐊᓵᒪ᙮
Regardless, she does not quit working on that snowshoe.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

used to express acquiescence or, when issuing commands, to encourage it (e.g., just)

Examples

ᒥᐦᒉᑣᐤ ᒫᑲ ᐁ ᔒᐦᑭᒥᑯᑦ᙮ ᑫᑲ ᑮ ᐃᑌᓕᐦᑕᒻ ᐁᑯᔑ ᑭᒋ ᑖᐺᐦᑕᐙᑦ ᐅᐦᑖᐎᔭ᙮
He urged him many times. Finally, he thought he would just comply with his father's wishes.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

ᐁᑯ ᒦᓇ ᑳ ᐃᑖᑦ ᐅᔒᒪ, ᐁᑯᔑ ᑮᐌᑖᐤ᙮
So next he said to his younger brother, "Let's just go home."
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

(interjection)

used to urge somebody not to worry or feel distress (e.g., let it be, never mind, no need to bother about it)

(when used with neutral indicative verbs of the independent order preceded by future tense markers)

conveys the jussive mood, a form of command used for third persons

Examples

ᐁᑯᔑ ᒦᓕᑾᓈᔕ ᐁ ᐌᐹᔥᑕᐦᑭ ᑲᑕ ᐃᔑᓈᑯᓯᐗᒃ; ᐁᑯᔑ ᓀᔥᑕ ᑲᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᔕᐦᐅᑯᓕᐗ ᐅᑦ ᐁᓐᒐᓕᒪ ᑌᐯᓕᐦᒋᑫᑦ᙮
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Psalm 35:5 [1875]

ᐁᑯᔑ ᑲᑕ ᐊᔐᑳᐸᐎᐦᐋᐗᒃ, ᓀᔥᑕ ᓇᓀᐯᐎᐦᐋᐗᒃ, ᑳ ᒪᒋ ᐃᑌᓕᒥᒋᒃ᙮
let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Psalm 40:14 [1875]

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