ᒫᒌᔅ mâcîs
(noun, animate)
a match
Examples
ᒣᒀᒡ ᒫᑲ ᐆᒪ ᒨᓚ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐊᔮᐗᒃ ᑫ ᑯᑕᐙᑫᒋᒃ᙮ ᒨᓚ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐃᐦᑖᐤ ᒫᒌᔅ᙮
During this time they did not have anything to start fires. Matches did not exist.
John Fletcher - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1936]
Etymology
English matches, plural of match, from Old French meische, 'wick of a candle'
35 results found
Some words starting with 'mâcîs'
s/he starts urinating
s/he starts urinating
1
s/he cuts
2
(medical) s/he operates, s/he performs a surgery
a scythe
1
s/he cuts with it
2
(medical) s/he operates with it, s/he uses it to perform a surgery
a pair of scissors
it cuts
a surgeon
1
s/he cuts
2
(medical) s/he operates, s/he performs a surgery
operating room
1
cutting
2
surgery
there is a bad or ugly expanse of ice
s/he lays h/ in an uncomfortable position
s/he starts dancing
s/he dances badly
s/he lies uncomfortably
1
s/he is bad
2
s/he is ugly
s/he walks badly
1
it has an ugly beak or bill
2
s/he has an ugly nose
a chorus frog (Pseudacris spp.)
1
an ugly girl
2
a bad or disagreeable girl
1
she is an ugly girl
2
she is a bad or disagreeable girl
1
an ugly woman
2
a bad or disagreeable woman
1
she is an ugly woman
2
she is a bad or disagreeable woman
s/he cuts h/self
they cut each other
s/he finds it tastes bad
it tastes bad
it tastes bad
s/he finds it tastes bad
it is break-up (i.e., the season when ice breaks up and starts drifting downriver)
a fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca), said to sing the following tune around the time of break-up, 'awenihkân ômeliw opetikotim?'
it (river) is bad (e.g., for navigation)
1
s/he cuts h/
2
(medical) s/he operates on h/