ᐁᔥᑾ eškwa

(particle)

up until and including the present or implied time (e.g., still, yet)

Examples

ᒨᓚ ᐁᔥᑾ ᑮ ᑲᔥᑭᐦᑖᐸᓐ ᒋ ᐸᐹᒥᓛᑦ ᐊᓇ ᓘᓘᔥᑳᔒᔑᔥ᙮
That baby short-eared owl could not yet fly.
Bill Louttit [2020]

ᒨᓚ ᐁᔥᑾ ᓂᑦ ᐅᑎᐦᑕᐙᓈᓇᒃ ᐊᓂᑭ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ᙮
We have yet to reach those people.
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]

synonymkeyâpac

at a later or future time (e.g., afterwards, eventually, later)

Examples

ᑮ ᑭᔅᑫᓕᐦᑕᒨᐸᓇᒃ ᐌᔥᑲᒡ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ ᑭᒋ ᓂᐱᒋᒃ ᐁᔥᑾ᙮
The people knew long ago that they would eventually die.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

ᐅᐸᑯᓭᓕᒧᐤ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᐐᐦᑕᒪᐌᐤ ᒃᕆᔅᑎᔭᓇ ᑫᔮᐸᒡ ᒥᐦᒉᑦ ᐃᓕᓕᐗ ᐁ ᐃᐦᑖᓕᒋ ᒪᑯᔐᐎᓂᐦᒃ, ᐁᔥᑾ ᑫ ᐯᒋ ᓅᓱᓀᐦᐅᑯᒋᒃ᙮
This Hopeful also told Christian, that there were many more of the men in the fair, that would take their time and follow after.
Vincent - Pilgrim's Progress [1886]

(idiom)

eškwa ekâ before

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]

synonympwâmoši

(interjection)

wait!

Examples

ᐁᔥᑾ ᐱᑕᒫ, ᓂ ᐗᓈᐦᐃᑲᐎᓐ᙮
Wait a moment, I am being disturbed.
George Quachegan [2020]

ᐁᔥᑾ, ᓂ ᓈᓇᑕᐙᐸᒫᐤ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓈᐦᑎᒄ᙮
Wait, I am looking for a pencil.
Eva Lazarus [2019]

ᐁᔥᑾ ᐹᑎᒫ ᒦᓇ ᐱᐳᐦᑫ, ᓂᑲ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐙᐤ, ᐃᑗᐤ ᐊᐗ ᑭᔐᓕᓕᐤ᙮
"Wait until next winter, I will pay him for this," says this old man.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

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