ᓂᐲᐗᓐ nipîwan
(verb, inanimate intransitive)
1
there is water
Examples
ᐯᔭᒀᐤ ᒫᑲ ᐅᑎᐦᑕᒻ ᑖᐱᔅᑰᒡ ᓰᐲᔑᔥ ᐁ ᐃᔑᓈᑾᐦᒃ, ᒨᓚ ᒫᑲ ᓂᐲᐗᓐ᙮
But one day, he reaches what looks like a creek, but it is not wet.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᐁᑯ ᒫᑲ ᐊᐗ ᓈᐯᐤ ᐃᑌᓕᐦᑕᒻ, ᒨᓚ ᒫᐐᓚ ᐐᓚ ᐆᒪ ᓂᑲ ᐋᔓᑲᓂᐦᑳᓐ ᐁᑳ ᐁ ᓂᐲᐗᐦᒃ, ᐃᑌᓕᐦᑕᒻ᙮
And so this man thinks, "Surely I will not build a bridge as there is no water."
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
2
it is wet