ᑫᒀᓕᐤ kekwâliw
(pronoun, inanimate) (obviative)
1
a thing, something
Examples
ᐁᑎ ᐋᒀ ᑎᐱᔅᑳᓕᒃ ᑮᑕᐦᑕᐌᓪ ᐯᐦᑕᒻ ᑫᒀᓕᐤ᙮
It is late in the night when she suddenly hears something.
Frank Rickard - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᐗᓂᔥᑴᐦᐋᑲᓂᐗᓐ ᒣᒀᒡ ᐁ ᓅᒋᐦᑖᑦ ᑫᒀᓕᐤ᙮
He is being distracted while is busies himself with something.
Hilda Jeffries [2018]
2
(interrogative)
what
Examples
ᑮ ᑲᑴᒋᐦᑫᒧᓕᐗ ᒫᑲ ᐊᐌᓇ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐁᐦᑖᑦ? ᓀᔥᑕ ᑖᓐᑌ ᐌᐦᒌᑦ? ᓀᔥᑕ ᑫᒀᓕᐤ ᓀᑕᐌᓕᐦᑕᐦᒃ?
who asked who was there? and whence he came? and what he would have?
Vincent - Pilgrim's Progress [1886]
We also found mentions of 'kekwâliw' in
pîhtaham kekwâliw o pwâkitimihk