ᒫᑕᐦᐃᑫᐤ mâtahikew
(verb, animate intransitive) (antipassive)
s/he scrapes a frozen hide (to remove any remaining flesh)
Examples
ᐯᔭᒀᐤ ᒫᑲ ᒦᓇ ᐁ ᐸᐹᒧᐦᑌᑦ ᐊᐗ ᒐᐦᑳᐯᔥ, ᐅᑎᐦᑌᐤ ᒥᔥᑖᐯᐗ ᐁ ᐐᑭᓕᒋ᙮ ᐯᔭᒄ ᒫᑲ ᐊᐗ ᒥᔥᑖᐯᔅᑴᐤ ᒫᑕᐦᐃᑫᐤ᙮ ᐊᒥᔅᑯᐗᔮᓇ ᒫᑕᐦᐌᐤ᙮
One day, as this Cahkâpeš is walking about again, he reaches the place where giants dwell. This one giantess is scraping a hide. She is scraping a beaver hide.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]