ᐲᑯᓇᒻ pîkonam
(verb, transitive inanimate)
1
s/he breaks it (manually)
Examples
ᑑᑕᐎᓐ ᑭᒋ ᐯᐦᑕᒫᓐ ᒥᓚᐙᑕᒧᐎᓐ ᓀᔥᑕ ᓯᑭᓓᓯᐎᓐ; ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᒥᔅᑲᓇ ᑳ ᑮ ᐲᑯᓇᒪᓐ ᑭᒋ ᒨᒋᑫᓕᐦᑕᒨᒪᑲᐦᑭ᙮
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psalm 51:8 [1875]
2
(of a law)
s/he breaks it, s/he transgresses it
Examples
ᑮᓚ ᐅᓚᔓᐌᐎᓐ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑲᑭᐦᒋᒧᔭᓐ, ᐁ ᐲᑯᓇᒪᓐ ᓈ ᐅᓚᔓᐌᐎᓐ ᑭᑦ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐋᑕᐌᓕᒫᐤ ᑭᐦᒋ ᒪᓂᑐᐤ?
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Romans 2:23 [1876]
synonympîkopitam
3
(of a promise)
s/he breaks it, s/he fails to observe it
Examples
ᑮ ᐲᑯᓇᒻ ᑳ ᑮ ᐊᔓᑕᒫᑫᑦ᙮
He broke his promise.
Susan Cheechoo [2019]
ᑮ ᐲᑯᓇᒻ ᑳ ᑮ ᐃᑗᑦ᙮
He failed to observe what he said.
Hilda Jeffries [2019]