ᒬᐦᒋ mwehci
(particle)
Examples
ᒬᐦᒋ ᓂᑮ ᑫᔥᑕᐦᐙᐤ ᐊᓇ ᒨᓱ᙮
I struck the moose just in time.
Susan Cheechoo [2019]
ᒬᐦᒋ ᒫᑲ ᐋᐱᐦᑕᐤ ᐁ ᐃᐦᑖᑦ ᐁ ᐋᔕᐗᑳᓯᑦ ᒪᔅᑯᒦᐦᒃ ᐊᓂᒪ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓐ ᑫᒀᓐ ᐯᐦᑕᒻ ᑖᐱᔅᑰᒡ ᐁ ᓘᑎᐦᒃ ᐁ ᐃᑎᐦᑖᑾᐦᒃ᙮
Having just crossed halfway on the ice of the lake he heard something that sounded like the wind.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Examples
ᐁᑯ, ᒣᒀᒡ ᓀᑌ ᐁ ᑮᐌᐸᐦᑖᑦ ᒦᓇ, ᒦᓇ ᑯᑕᑮᓕᐤ ᑮ ᒪᑗ ᐸᐦᑭᓴᒻ ᐱᐦᑯᓕᐤ, ᓈᔅᐱᒡ ᐁ ᑭᔗᐌᑌᓕᒃ, ᒬᐦᒋ ᒥᔑ ᐹᔅᑭᓯᑲᓐ ᐁ ᐃᑗᐌᑌᓕᒃ᙮
Then, while she was running off back again yonder, she was heard exploding more gunpowder, as it made a very loud report, sounding just like a canon.
Hannah Loon - Cree Legends & Narratives [1995]
ᐁᑯ ᒫᑲ ᐁ ᓅᐦᑖᑯᓯᑦ ᒬᐦᒋ ᐴᑖᒋᑲᓐ ᐁ ᐐ ᐃᑎᐦᑖᑯᓯᑦ᙮
He then made a sound with his voice as if he wanted to sound like a steam trumpet.
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]
ᐆᑯ ᒫᑲ ᒬᐦᒋ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ ᑮ ᐃᑌᓕᐦᑖᑯᓯᐗᒃ ᐁ ᓃᐱᐦᒃ᙮
These seemed just like human beings during the summer.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
synonymtâpiskôc
Examples
ᒬᐦᒋ ᓂᑮ ᑑᑌᓐ ᐊᓂᒪ᙮
I just now did it.
Susan Cheechoo [2019]