ᐁᐗᑴᓕᐤ ewakweliw
(demonstrative, inanimate) (focus, obviative) (archaic)
(used to put the topic of the previous passage, thought, or conversation into focus)
that is…, that is the one that...
Examples
ᐯᒋ ᐅᓂᑳᑕᐦᐊᒻ ᐱᐦᒀᐦᑾᑐᓕᐤ᙮ ᐁᐗᑴᓕᐤ ᐃᔮᐸᒋᐦᑖᑦ ᐁ ᐅᑖᒪᐦᐃᑳᑫᑦ ᐁ ᓂᐸᐦᐋᑦ ᐃᓕᓕᐗ᙮
She comes carrying her ball-headed club on her shoulder. This is what she uses for striking when killing a man.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᒣᒀᒡ ᐁ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᐙᒋᒃ ᑎᐯᓕᒥᑎᓱᐎᓂᓕᐤ, ᐐᓚᐙᐤ ᑫᐦᒋᐙᒃ ᐊᑐᔅᑫᔥᑕᒶᒃ ᒪᒑᑎᓰᐎᓂᓕᐤ: ᐌᓴ ᐊᓂᐦᐁᓕᐤ ᑳ ᔖᑰᒋᐦᐃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓕᐤ ᐁᐗᑴᓕᐤ ᑳ ᐊᐗᐦᑳᓂᐦᐃᑯᑦ᙮
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
2 Peter 2:19 [1876]