ᑖᓐᑌᓂ tânteni
(particle) (interrogative)
in which manner, how
Examples
ᑲᑴᒋᒣᐤ ᒫᑲ ᐆᐦᐅ ᐅᑯᓯᓴ, ᑖᓐᑌᓂ ᐁᑑᑕᒪᓐ ᑳ ᐃᔑᓈᑾᐦᒃ ᑭ ᒣᔅᑲᓇᐤ, ᐃᑌᐤ᙮
So he asks this son of his, saying, "How did you make your trail look thus?"
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Contraction of tânte ani.