ᐃᔥᐹᑯᓇᑳᐤ išpâkonakâw
(verb, inanimate intransitive)
there is deep snow
Examples
ᐁᑯᑖᓂ ᒫᑲ ᓛᓕ ᒫᐗᒡ ᐁᔑ ᐃᔥᐹᑯᓇᑳᒃ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐦᒃ, ᐁᒀᓂ ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᐅᔑᐦᑖᒋᒃ ᓇᑖᒥᐦᒃ ᑰᓂᐦᒃ ᑭᒋ ᑕᔒᐦᑫᒋᒃ᙮
By the shore of the lake is where the snow is deepest, and under the snow is where they made a place for themselves to stay.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]