ᐱᓓᓯᐤ pilesiw
(noun, animate)
a bird of a larger species such as raptors and waterfowl and excluding songbirds and gallinaceous birds
Examples
ᑫᑲ ᐱᓓᓯᐗᒃ ᐹᐱᓛᐗᒃ᙮
Finally the birds arrive.
Patrick Stephen - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1936]
Etymology
from Old Cree *pirêhsiwa, from Proto-Algonquian *perêhsiwa
5 results found
Some words starting with 'pilesiw'
September
s/he smells like bird
it smells like bird
it is a large bird