ᑖᓐᑌ tânte
(demonstrative, locative) (extended, interrogative)
1
in which direction, whither
2
in which location, where
3
in which manner, how
Examples
ᐁᑯ ᐊᐗ ᑭᔐᓕᓕᐤ ᑮ ᓈᓇᑕᐎ ᑭᔅᑫᓕᐦᑕᒻ ᑖᓐᑌ ᑫ ᑮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐸᐦᐋᔅᐸᓐ ᐆᐦᐅ ᒥᔥᑕᑎᒶ᙮
So this old man attempted to find out how he would be able to kill this lion.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᑖᓐᑌ ᑫ ᐃᔑ ᔖᑯᐦᑖᔮᓐ ᑲᒀᑕᑫᓕᐦᑕᒧᐎᓐ ᑭᔥᑎᓈᒡ ᑫ ᒥᔅᑲᒫᓐ ᑳᑭᑫ ᐃᐦᑖᐎᓂᐦᒃ᙮
How shall I grapple with the misery that I must meet with in eternity!
Vincent - Pilgrim's Progress [1886]
4
(idiom)
tânte piko
A
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]
B
however
Etymology
Contraction of tânite.