ᒫᑲ mâka
(particle)
Examples
ᐊᐗ ᒫᑲ ᐃᔅᑴᐤ ᐅᓈᐯᒦᐸᓐ᙮
But this woman had a husband.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᑫᒀᓐ ᒫᑲ ᐌᐦᒋ ᐁᑳ ᓇᓈᑲᒋᐦᑖᔭᓐ ᑕᑕᐦᑯᔅᑫᐎᓇ?
But why did not you look for the steps?
Vincent - Pilgrim's Progress [1886]
Examples
ᑮᓚ ᒫᑲ?
As for you?
ᐊᐗ ᒫᑲ ᓈᐯᐤ ᐐᓚ ᐊᐱᐤ ᐐᑭᐦᒃ᙮
As for this man, he stays home.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Examples
ᓅᐦᑖᐎᔾ ᑮ ᒥᔅᑲᐌᐸᓐ ᐁ ᑮ ᐸᐦᑭᔑᓂᓕᒋ ᐗᒋᔥᑐᓂᐦᒃ ᐅᐦᒋ᙮ ᑮ ᑮᐌᐦᑕᐦᐁᐸᓐ ᒫᑲ᙮
My father found it after it had fallen from the nest. He then brought it home.
Bill Louttit [2020]
ᑮ ᐃᐦᑖᐤ ᐋᑎᐦᑦ ᑮᔑᑳᐗ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐲᐦᑖᐯᑯᐦᒃ, ᒦᓇ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᐊᑎ ᑮᐌᐤ᙮
He stayed a few days in Fort Albany, then went back home again.
Goodwin - Pictures From the James Bay Coast [1994]
Examples
ᐃᔅᑲᓂ ᐱᐳᓐ ᒫᑲ ᐁ ᐃᑖᐱᒌᐙᔅᐸᓐ ᐊᓂᑭ ᐃᔅᑴᐗᒃ, ᐊᐙᔑᔕᒃ ᒫᑲ᙮
Those women, the children too, would then be away all winter.
Gilbert Faries - Cree Legends & Narratives [1995]
ᐁᑯ ᐃᓴ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᑲᔥᑭᐦᑖᐗᒃ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐁ ᐌᒥᔥᑎᑰᔒᒧᒋᒃ ᓃᔂᔅ ᒫᔥᑯᒡ, ᓈᐯᐤ ᐅᑯᓯᓴ ᒫᑲ᙮
But there were maybe seven people there, a man's son also, who were able to speak English.
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]
ᐯᔭᒄ ᒫᑲ ᐊᐗ ᒥᑭᓯᐤ ᐱᑯ ᒦᒋᒥᓕᐤ ᒦᒋᐤ, ᒨᔀ, ᐊᑎᐦᑾ ᒫᑲ᙮
But this one eagle only eats game, (such as) moose, caribou too.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]