ᓂᐦᑲᓱᐤ nihkasow
(verb, animate intransitive) (obsolete)
s/he abstains from food and drink, s/he fasts
Examples
ᑮ ᐃᑌᐗᒃ ᒫᑲ, ᑖᓀᐦᑭ ᐌᐦᒋ ᒑᓐ ᐅ ᑭᔅᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐙᑲᓇ ᒥᐦᒉᑣᐤ ᓂᐦᑲᓱᓕᒋ, ᓀᔥᑕ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐋᓕᒋ, ᐊᔑᒋ ᓀᔥᑕ ᕚᕋᓯᔭᒃ ᐅ ᑭᔅᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐙᑲᓂᐙᐗ; ᒫᑲ ᑮᓚ ᑭ ᑭᔅᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐙᑲᓇᒃ ᒦᒋᓱᐗᒃ ᓀᔥᑕ ᒥᓂᐦᑴᐗᒃ?
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Luke 5:33 [1876]
Etymology
Likely an Anishinabe loanword, cognate of Old Cree *riskahsowa