ᐲᐙᓇᒄ pîwânakw
(noun, animate)
1
flint, chert
Examples
ᐊᐗ ᒫᑲ ᓈᐯᐤ ᐊᔮᐸᓐ ᒦᐗᒋᔑᔥ ᐁ ᐃᔑ ᐲᐦᑕᐦᐊᐦᒃ ᐊᓂᒪ ᑳ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᒋᒃ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ ᐁ ᑯᑕᐌᒋᒃ, ᐊᐱᐦᑦ ᑳ ᐃᔑᓂᐦᑳᑖᒋᒃ᙮ ᐊᓂᒪ ᒫᑲ ᐊᓯᓂᔾ ᐲᐙᓇᒄ ᑳ ᐃᑖᒋᒃ᙮
Now this man had a small bag in which he put that which people used for making fire, that which they named flint, that stone which they (also) call chert.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᑮ ᐃᔑᓂᐦᑳᑌᐤ ᒫᑲ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑯᑕᐌᒋᒃ ᐳᓵᑲᓐ ᓀᔥᑕ ᐲᐙᓇᒄ (ᐊᓯᓂᔾ)᙮
That which they used when making fires was called tinder fungus and flint (a stone).
John Fletcher - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1936]
synonymapiht
2
a gunflint
3
a percussion cap
4
a shell primer