ᓇᐗᒡ nawac

(particle)

more (in comparison)

Examples

ᒫᑲ ᓇᐗᒡ ᒥᓜᓕᐦᑕᒻ ᑮᔥᐱᓐ ᑫᔮᐸᒡ ᑫ ᐯᔭᑯᑴ, ᐁ ᐃᑌᓕᐦᑕᒫᓐ ᓃᓚ
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment
1 Corinthians 7:40 [1876]

ᒫᑲ ᐁᑯ ᓀᑕᐌᓕᐦᑕᐦᑭᒃ ᓇᐗᒡ ᑳ ᒥᓨᔑᓂᓕᒃ ᐊᔅᑮᓕᐤ, ᐁᐗᑴᓕᐤ, ᑳ ᑭᐦᒋ ᑮᔑᑯᐗᓂᓕᒃ
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly
Hebrews 11:16 [1876]

synonymawasite

fairly, quite

Examples

ᓇᐗᒡ ᒥᓗ ᑮᔑᑳᐤ᙮
It is a rather nice day.
Daisy Turner [2014]

ᓇᐗᒡ ᒫᑲ ᓂᑮ ᒥᔥᑌᑎᓈᓐ ᐊᓐᑕ ᒨᓱᓃᐦᒃ ᐁ ᐅᐦᒌᒋᒃ ᐅᔥᑭᓃᑭᐗᒃ᙮
There were quite a number of us young people there who were originally from Moose Factory.
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]

ᑮ ᐱᒥᔑᓐ ᒫᑲ ᐊᓐᑕ ᓇᐗᒡ ᑭᓉᔥ, ᑫᑲ ᒫᑲ ᐗᓂᔥᑳᐤ᙮
So he lied there for quite a long time, but eventually he gets up.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

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Some words starting with 'nawac'

ᓇᐗᒋᐸᓕᐦᑣᐤ nawacipalihtwâw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he catches it quickly as it goes by

ᓇᐗᒋᐱᑕᒻ nawacipitam
verb, transitive inanimate

s/he grabs it as it goes by

ᓇᐗᒋᐱᑌᐤ nawacipitew
verb, transitive animate

s/he grabs h/ as h/ goes by

ᓇᐗᒌᐤ nawacîw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he stops for a meal