ᐌᓵᓂ wesâni
(particle)
used to assert the reason for or the factuality of a statement about sth
Examples
ᔮᒀ ᐃᓴ! ᐃᑗᐤ ᐊᓇ ᑯᑕᒃ ᐊᔕᐦᐋᑫᐤ᙮ ᓂᐲᐦᑳᓲᑐᑫ ᐅᔖᓂ! ᐁᑯ ᐌᓵᓂ ᐁ ᑑᑕᐦᒃ ᐙ ᓂᐸᐦᐃᐌᒋ, ᐃᑗᐤ᙮
"Be careful!" Says that other lobster, "In fact, he must be pretending to be dead! He does it whenever he wants to kill, that is the reason," he says.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Contraction of wesa ani.