ᐲᑯᐱᑕᒻ pîkopitam
(verb, transitive inanimate)
1
s/he breaks it (by pulling)
2
3
(of a dwelling)
s/he takes it apart, s/he takes it down
Examples
ᐁᑯ ᐯᔭᒀᐤ ᑲᑴᒋᒣᐤ ᐐᐗ, ᑖᓐᑌ ᐁᐦᑑᑕᒪᓐ ᐌᐦᒋ ᑮ ᐋᐦᒋᐎᑖᔭᓐ ᐆᒪ ᒦᑭᐙᒻ ᐁᑳ ᐁ ᐲᑯᐱᑕᒪᓐ? ᐃᑌᐤ ᐐᐗ᙮
So one day he asks his wife, "How do you do it to be able to move this tipi without taking it down?" He says to his wife.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
synonymkawinam