ᐁᑯᑑᑕ ekotôta
(particle) (focus, proximal, restricted)
Examples
ᐁᑯᑑᑕ ᒫᑲ ᑳ ᑮ ᒫᒋ ᐃᑌᓕᐦᑕᐦᑭᒃ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ ᓈᔅᐱᒡ ᐁ ᒪᓚᑯᓯᑦ ᒪᔅᑯ ᐁ ᒥᔅᑲᐙᑲᓂᐎᑦ᙮
So this is where people started thinking that a bear that is found is unlucky.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Contraction of ekota ôta.