ᐁᐗᒀᓂ ewakwâni
(demonstrative, inanimate) (focus) (archaic)
(used to put the topic of the previous passage, thought, or conversation into focus)
that is…, that is the one that...
Examples
ᐁᐗᒀᓂ ᒫᑲ ᐁ ᑮᔑᑳᒃ ᑳ ᒫᒋ ᐯᐦᐯᔭᑯᒋᒃ ᐐᐦᑎᑯᐗᒃ᙮
So that is the day cannibals started being one by one.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Contraction of ewako ani.
References
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