Cree letters:

Cree syllabics:

ᐱᑯ piko

(particle)

only

Examples

ᐐᓚ ᐱᑯ ᑮ ᐱᒫᒋᐦᐅᐤ᙮
He was the only survivor.
Eva Lazarus [2019]

ᐯᔭᒀᐤ ᐱᑯ ᑮ ᒀᔥᑴᐯᑭᔑᓐ᙮
It only skipped once over the water.
George Quachegan [2016]

just, simply

Examples

ᐁᑳ ᑳ ᐅᐐᔥᑎᒋᒃ ᓛᓕ ᓰᐲᐦᒃ ᐱᑯ ᐙᑎᐦᑫᐗᒃ᙮
Those that do not have lodges just dig burrows along the river.
Hilda Jeffries [2020]

but, however

Examples

ᑫᑳᑦ ᐱᑯ ᐊᑯᐦᑎᑖᐤ ᐅᑖᔥᑕᒥᐦᒄ ᐁᔅᐱᐦᒋ ᐯᔓᒡ ᐃᑖᐱᑦ ᓂᐲᐦᒃ᙮
But he almost put his face in the water due to how close he was looking into the water.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

ᓈᔅᐱᒡ ᓂᐦᑖ ᐋᐸᑎᓯᐤ, ᐃᑗᐤ᙮ ᐱᑯ ᒫᑲ ᐁ ᐱᒧᐦᑌᑦ, ᓈᔅᐱᒡ ᒪᒋᔥᑳᐤ, ᐃᑗᐤ᙮
"She works works proficiently," he says. "But when she walks, she walks really badly," he says.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

synonymmâka

any, whichever

Examples

ᐊᓂᒪ ᐱᑯ ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐃᑲᓐ ᑫ ᐃᔑ ᐲᐦᑐᑫᐌᑴ, ᓃᔥᑕᒻ ᐃᑗᒄ, ᑲᔮᒣᓕᐦᑕᒧᐎᓐ ᑲᑕ ᐐ ᐃᐦᑕᑾᓐ ᐆᑕ ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐃᑲᓂᐦᒃ᙮
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Luke 10:5 [1876]

ᐯᔭᒄ ᒫᑲ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐗ ᑮ ᐯᒋ ᓈᑎᑯᐤ, ᐁ ᐃᑎᑯᑦ, ᐅᑭᔅᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑫᐤ, ᑭᑲ ᓅᔅᐱᓇᑎᑎᓐ ᐱᑯ ᐃᑕ ᑫ ᐃᑐᐦᑌᐗᓀ᙮
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Matthew 8:19 [1876]

ᐁ ᐃᑗᑦ, ᒦᓕᒄ ᓃᓚ ᓀᔥᑕ ᐆᒪ ᑲᔥᑭᐦᐅᐎᓐ, ᐱᑯ ᐊᐌᓇ ᑫ ᓵᒥᓈᐗᑫ ᑭᒋ ᑮ ᐅᑎᓈᑦ ᑳ ᐸᓓᐦᑭᓯᓕᒋ ᐊᐦᒑᐦᑾ᙮
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
Acts 8:19 [1876]

synonympakwantaw

(idiom)

nešta piko or (usually contracted to neštapiko)

Examples

ᓂᑲ ᒦᒋᐙᓐ ᓈ ᓈᐯ ᒥᔥᑐᓴᒃ ᐅ ᐎᔮᓯᐙᐤ, ᓀᔥᑕ ᐱᑯ ᓂᑲ ᒥᓂᐦᑴᐙᓐ ᓈ ᑰᑕᒃ ᐅ ᒥᐦᑯᐙᐤ?
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Psalm 50:13 [1875]

(idiom)

tâni piko I do not know

Examples

ᑖᓂ ᐱᑯ ᐁᔅᐸᓕᑴ᙮
I don't know what is happening.
Hilda Jeffries [2019]

(idiom)

tânima piko I do not know

(idiom)

tânte piko

wherever

Examples

ᐱᑯ ᒫᑲ ᑖᓐᑌ ᐯᐹ ᐃᑐᐦᑌᑦ, ᑮ ᐃᑐᐦᑌᓕᐗ ᐆᐦᐅ ᐐᐗ᙮
Wherever he went, this wife of his went.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

however

102 results found

Some words starting with 'piko'

ᐲᑯᒑᔐᐸᓕᐤ pîkocâšepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the nose

ᐲᑯᒑᔐᔑᓐ pîkocâšešin
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks h/ nose (by banging against sth)

ᐲᑯᒋᒑᔅᑲᔦᐸᓕᐤ pîkocicâskayepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the groin

ᐲᑯᒋᐦᒉᐦᐌᐤ pîkocihcehwew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks the skin of h/ hand(s) (by striking h/)

s/he breaks h/ hand (by striking h/)

ᐲᑯᒋᐦᒉᐸᓕᐤ pîkocihcepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out or develops fissures on the hands

ᐲᑯᒋᐦᒉᔑᒣᐤ pîkocihcešimew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks the skin of h/ hand(s) (by banging h/ against sth)

s/he breaks h/ hand (by banging h/ against sth)

ᐲᑯᒋᐦᒉᔑᓐ pîkocihcešin
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks the skin of h/ hand(s) (upon contact with sth)

s/he breaks h/ hand against sth

ᐲᑯᐦᐊᒻ pîkoham
verb, transitive inanimate

s/he breaks it (by striking or using sth)

ᐲᑯᐦᑲᐦᑌᐤ pîkohkahtew
verb, inanimate intransitive

it breaks under direct heat

(of a firearm) it breaks from firing

ᐲᑯᐦᑲᓴᒻ pîkohkasam
verb, transitive inanimate

s/he breaks it by exposing it to heat

ᐲᑯᐦᑲᓱᐤ pîkohkasow
verb, animate intransitive

it breaks under direct heat

ᐲᑯᐦᑲᓶᐤ pîkohkaswew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks it by exposing it to heat

ᐲᑯᐦᑯᑕᒻ pîkohkotam
verb, transitive inanimate

s/he damages it (while planing or carving)

ᐲᑯᐦᑯᑌᐤ pîkohkotew
verb, transitive animate

s/he damages it (while planing or carving)

ᐲᑯᐦᑴᐸᓕᐤ pîkohkwepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he has facial acne

ᐲᑯᐦᑴᐸᓕᐎᓐ pîkohkwepaliwin
noun, inanimate

facial acne

ᐲᑯᐦᑕᒻ pîkohtam
verb, transitive inanimate

s/he breaks it (using h/ mouth)

ᐲᑯᐦᑕᐗᑫᐸᓕᐤ pîkohtawakepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the ears

ᐲᑯᐦᑎᓐ pîkohtin
verb, inanimate intransitive

it breaks (by banging against sth)

ᐲᑯᐦᑎᑖᐤ pîkohtitâw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks it (by banging it against sth)

ᐲᑯᐦᐌᐤ pîkohwew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks it (by striking or using sth)

ᐲᑯᑲᐦᐊᒻ pîkokaham
verb, transitive inanimate

s/he breaks it (by chopping)

ᐲᑯᑲᐦᑎᑴᐸᓕᐤ pîkokahtikwepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the forehead

ᐲᑯᑲᐦᐌᐤ pîkokahwew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks it (by chopping)

ᐲᑯᑲᓈᐦᑕᒻ pîkokanâhtam
verb, transitive inanimate

s/he breaks it (by striking)

ᐲᑯᑲᓈᒣᐤ pîkokanâmew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks it (by striking)

ᐲᑯᑳᑌᐸᓕᐤ pîkokâtepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the legs

ᐲᑯᑯᓀᐌᐸᓕᐤ pîkokonewepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he develops a lesion inside the mouth

ᐲᑯᑯᓀᐌᐸᓕᐎᓐ pîkokonewepaliwin
noun, inanimate

an oral lesion (i.e., inside the mouth)

ᐲᑯᑯᑌᐦᐌᐤ pîkokotehwew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks h/ nose (by striking)

s/he breaks its beak (by striking)

ᐲᑯᑯᑌᐸᓕᐤ pîkokotepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the nose

ᐲᑯᑯᑌᔑᓐ pîkokotešin
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks h/ nose (by banging against sth)

it breaks its beak (by banging against sth)

ᐲᑯᑾᔭᐌᐸᓕᐤ pîkokwayawepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the neck

ᐲᑯᑾᔦᐸᓕᐤ pîkokwayepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he breaks out on the neck

ᐲᑯᓕᐦᑴᐸᓕᐤ pîkolihkwepaliw
verb, animate intransitive

s/he has inflamed tonsils

ᐲᑯᓕᐦᑴᐸᓕᐎᓐ pîkolihkwepaliwin
noun, inanimate

tonsillar inflammation, tonsillitis

ᐲᑯᒣᐤ pîkomew
verb, transitive animate

s/he breaks it (using h/ mouth)

ᐲᑯᓈᑯᐦᐁᐤ pîkonâkohew
verb, transitive animate

s/he causes it to appear broken or damaged, s/he breaks or damages it such that it shows