ᓃᑳᓄᐦᑌᐤ nîkânohtew
(verb, animate intransitive)
s/he walks ahead
Examples
ᐃᔅᐱ ᒫᑲ ᓃᔣᐤ ᑮᓂᒀᓂᔥᑳᐦᒃ ᒫᔥᑯᒡ ᑳ ᐱᒧᐦᑌᔮᐦᒃ ᑮ ᑭᐱᐦᒋᑳᐸᐎᐤ ᑳ ᓃᑳᓄᐦᑌᑦ ᐙᔥᑌᓇᒫᑲᓂᓕᐤ ᐁ ᑕᐦᑯᓇᐦᒃ᙮
When we had walked for perhaps two hours the leader who was holding the lamp stopped in his tracks.
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]
ᐅᓂᑲᒧᐗᒃ ᑮ ᓃᑳᓄᐦᑌᐗᒃ, ᐅᑭᑐᐦᒋᑫᐗᒃ ᑮ ᓅᔅᐱᓇᔑᐌᐗᒃ; ᒣᑴᔭᔥ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᐱᒧᐦᑌᐗᒃ ᐅᔥᑭᓃᑭᔅᑴᐗᒃ ᐁ ᓅᐦᑖᑯᐦᑖᒋᒃ ᑌᐌᐦᐃᑲᓂᔕ᙮
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalm 68:25 [1875]