ᓈᓇᑕᐎ ᑭᔅᑫᓕᐦᑕᒻ nânatawi-kiskelihtam
(verb, transitive inanimate) (reduplication)
s/he attempts to find out about it, studies it, researches it
Examples
ᐁᑯ ᐊᐗ ᑭᔐᓕᓕᐤ ᑮ ᓈᓇᑕᐎ ᑭᔅᑫᓕᐦᑕᒻ ᑖᓐᑌ ᑫ ᑮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐸᐦᐋᔅᐸᓐ ᐆᐦᐅ ᒥᔥᑕᑎᒶ᙮
So this old man attempted to find out how he would be able to kill this lion.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
References
variantnatawi-kiskelihtam