ᐁᐗᒀᐗ ewakwâwa
(demonstrative, animate) (focus) (archaic)
(used to put the topic of the previous passage, thought, or conversation into focus)
that is…, that is the one that...
Examples
ᐁᐗᒀᐗ ᒫᑲ ᑳ ᐐᑭᒫᑲᓂᐎᑦ᙮
That then is the one that gets married.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᐁᐗᒀᐗ ᒫᑲ ᒫᐗᒡ ᑫᑫᐦᑖᐌᓕᐦᑕᐦᒃ ᒪᐦᐄᐦᑲᓐ ᑳ ᑕᔑᒋᒃ ᐊᐌᓰᓴᒃ ᐊᓄᐦᒡ, ᐁ ᑮ ᐐᒉᐙᑦ ᐆᐦᐅ ᑭᔐ ᐃᔅᑴᐗ᙮
Having accompanied this old woman, the wolf is now the wisest of all animals.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Contraction of ewako awa.
References
variantekwâwa