ᐅᑌᒪ otema
(noun, dependent animate) (stem -tem)
h/ dog(s)
Examples
ᓂᑮ ᒫᒪᐗᐦᐱᑖᓈᓇᒃ ᒫᑲ ᓂᑌᒥᓈᓇᒃ᙮
So we tied our dogs together.
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]
ᐸᑾᓐᑕᐤ ᐁᒋᑳᓂ ᑫᒀᓕᐤ ᑳ ᒥᑭᑕᐦᒃ ᓂᑌᒻ, ᐃᑗᐤ᙮
"It appears my dog barked at something trivial," he says.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
contraction of Old Cree *wit ayima, possessive of aya, akin to Anishinabe odayan
References
seeaya