ᒪᑕᑾᓐ matakwan
(verb, inanimate intransitive)
1
it is not present
Examples
ᐐᐸᒡ ᐁ ᒪᑕᑾᐦᒃ ᐊᓂᒪ, ᓇᑭᔅᑲᐤ ᐱᑯ ᑕ ᐃᐦᑭᓐ᙮
That thing is soon gone, it will only happen for a short while.
Hilda Jeffries [2020]
2
there is none
Examples
ᐋᔕᔾ ᐌᓴ ᒪᑕᑾᓋ ᒥᐦᑕ ᐆᑕ, ᐃᑌᐤ ᐆᐦᐃ ᐃᓕᓕᐗ᙮
"There is actually no firewood here now," he says to these people.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᒪᑕᑾᓐ ᐃᔥᐱᒥᐦᒃ ᒥᔕᒣᓕᐦᑕᒧᐎᓐ᙮
There is no grief up above.
Moose Cree Gospel Songs [1979]
References
contraction ofnamatakwan
We also found mentions of 'matakwan' in
matew, matakwan