ᒪᔥᑲᐙᑯᓇᑳᐤ maškawâkonakâw
(verb, inanimate intransitive)
the snow is hard
Examples
ᒨᓚ ᒫᑲ ᓅᑾᓐ ᐅ ᒣᔅᑲᓇᐙᐤ ᐁ ᐃᔅᐱᐦᒋ ᒪᔥᑲᐙᑯᓇᑳᒃ ᐁ ᐋᐦᑯᑎᐦᒃ ᐁ ᑭᔐᐹᔮᒃ᙮
Their path was not visible on account of how hard the snow was that morning when it froze.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
References
synonymsôhkâkonakâw