ᐊᐗᐦᑳᓂᐎᐤ awahkâniwiw
(verb, animate intransitive)
1
(archaic)
s/he is a slave
Examples
ᒥᓯᐌ ᑲ ᓂᐸᐦᐃᑎᓈᐙᐤ, ᐃᑌᐤ ᐊᐗ ᑳᓄᐎᑦ ᐆᐦᐅ ᐃᔅᑴᐗ᙮ ᐸᐦᑳᓂᑳᐸᐎᒄ ᑕᐦᑐ ᑳ ᐊᐗᐦᑳᓂᐎᔦᒄ, ᐃᑌᐤ᙮
"I will kill you all," Kânowit tells these women. "Every one of you who is a slave stand apart!" he tells them.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᐁᑯ ᒫᑲ ᑖᐺᐤ ᐸᐦᑳᓂᐸᓕᐦᐅᐗᒃ ᐆᑯ ᓃᔓ ᐃᔅᑴᐗᒃ ᑳ ᐊᐗᐦᑳᓂᐎᒋᒃ ᓀᔥᑕ ᐊᐗ ᐯᔭᒄ ᓅᐦᑌᔮᒧᐤ ᐅᑖᓂᓴ, ᐁᑯᑌ ᐁᔅᐸᓕᐦᐅᑦ᙮
And truly these two women who were slaves separate themselves from the others, along with one of Nôhteyâmow's daughter who goes in the same direction.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
2
it is a domesticated or tamed animal, a pet