ᒪᑌᐤ matew
(verb, animate intransitive)
s/he is not present
Examples
ᐁᑯ ᒫᑲ ᐃᐦᑭᓐ ᐁ ᒪᑌᒋᒃ ᐊᓂᑭ ᑳ ᓂᐦᑖ ᐋᑕᓘᐦᑫᐙᔅᐸᓐ᙮
But it so happens that there are no more proficient storytellers.
Stephen & Wesley - Shingibish and the Loon [1992]
ᒪᑌᓕᐗ ᐁᔥᑾ ᐐᐗ᙮
His wife is not there yet.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
References
contraction ofnamatew