ᐁᒀᓂ ekwâni

(demonstrative, inanimate) (focus) (used to put the topic of the previous passage, thought, or conversation into focus)

that is..., that is the one that…

Examples

ᐁᒀᓂ ᒥᓨᔑᓐ
That's good.
Turner - Moose Factory Cree [2013]

ᐁᒀᓂ ᐯᔭᑾᓐ᙮
That is the same thing.
Hilda Jeffries [2020]

(particle)

used to put the topic of the previous passage, thought, or conversation into focus

used to put a specific characteristic into focus, such as appearance, manner, size, quantity, or degree

Examples

ᐁᒀᓂ ᐁᔑᓈᑾᐦᒃ ᐁ ᐃᔥᒀ ᐸᓯᑌᒃ᙮
That is what it looks like after a fire.
George Quachegan [2016]

ᐁᒀᓂ ᐁᔅᐱᐦᒋᑳᑌᑦ᙮
That is the size of his legs.
Hilda Jeffries [2018]

ᐲᑕᕐ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᓇᔥᑴᐗᔑᐦᐁᐤ, ᐐᐦᑕᒪᐎᓐ ᑮᔥᐱᓐ ᑳ ᐊᑖᐙᑫᐌᑴ ᐊᔅᑭᔾ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐃᔅᐱᔥ ᐅᐦᒋ᙮ ᑮ ᐃᑗᐤ ᒫᑲ, ᐁᐦᐁ, ᐁᒀᓂ ᐃᓕᑯᐦᒃ᙮
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
Acts 5:8 [1876]

(when relating a series of events)

that is when, that is the part where, and then

Examples

ᐁᒀᓂ ᒫᑲ ᐁᔑ ᔐᑯᐌᐸᐦᐙᑲᓂᐎᑦ ᒪᔅᑾᒦᐦᒃ᙮
That is the part where he is shoved under the ice.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

that is all, that is enough

Examples

ᐁᒀᓂ ᐐᓚ ᐊᓄᐦᒡ᙮
That is all for now.
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]

References

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Some words starting with 'ekwâni'

ᐁᒀᓂᐦᐃ ekwânihi

those are..., those are the ones that…
those are..., those are the ones that…

that is…, that is the one that…

those are..., those are the ones that…

ᐁᒀᓂᑭ ekwâniki
demonstrative, animate

those are..., those are the ones that…

ᐁᒀᓂᒪ ekwânima
demonstrative, inanimate

that is..., that is the one that…

ᐁᒀᓂᒣᓕᐤ ekwânimeliw
demonstrative, inanimate

that is…, that is the one that...