break
(verb)
1
(to damage)
- [in composition]
- ᐲᑯ…
- pîko…
Examples
to break spontaneously
ᐲᑯᐸᓕᐤ
pîkopaliw
to break on contact
ᐲᑯᐦᑎᓐ, ᐲᑯᔑᓐ
pîkohtin, pîkošin
to break under action of the waves
ᐲᒀᐦᐅᑌᐤ, ᐲᒀᐦᐅᑯᐤ
pîkwâhotew, pîkwâhokow
to break under the weight of a load
ᐲᑯᔥᑰᑌᐤ, ᐲᑯᔥᑰᓱᐤ
pîkoškôtew, pîkoškôsow
to break from dehydration
ᐲᒀᐦᑲᑐᑌᐤ, ᐲᒀᐦᑲᑐᓱᐤ
pîkwâhkatotew, pîkwâhkatosow
to break due to the heat
ᐲᑯᐦᑲᐦᑌᐤ, ᐲᑯᐦᑲᓱᐤ
pîkohkahtew, pîkohkasow
to break sth manually
ᐲᑯᓇᒻ, ᐲᑯᓀᐤ
pîkonam, pîkonew
to break sth under one’s weight or using one’s foot
ᐲᑯᔥᑲᒻ, ᐲᑯᔥᑲᐌᐤ
pîkoškam, pîkoškawew
to break sth using a tool or by striking
ᐲᑯᐦᐊᒻ, ᐲᑯᐦᐌᐤ
pîkoham, pîkohwew
to break sth by smashing it against sth
ᐲᑯᐦᑎᑖᐤ, ᐲᑯᔑᒣᐤ
pîkohtitâw, pîkošimew
2
(to sustain a bone fracture)
- to sustain a thin fracture on impact
- ᐸᓴᑭᑲᓀᔑᓐ
- pasakikanešin
- to sustain a transverse fracture on impact
- ᓈᑣᑲᓀᔑᓐ
- nâtwâkanešin
- to sustain a comminuted fracture on impact
- ᐲᓯᑲᓀᔑᓐ
- pîsikanešin
- ᐲᐎᑲᓀᔑᓐ
- pîwikanešin
- to sustain a depressed skull fracture
- ᐁᔦᓈᑎᐦᐯᔑᓐ
- eyenâtihpešin
3
(to break off a piece)
- [in composition]
- ᐸᐦᑴ…
- pahkwe…
Examples
to break off a piece of sth or sb with one’s hands
ᐸᐦᑴᓇᒻ, ᐸᐦᑴᓀᐤ
pahkwenam, pahkwenew
to rip off a piece of sth or sb
ᐸᐦᑴᐱᑕᒻ, ᐸᐦᑴᐱᑌᐤ
pahkwepitam, pahkwepitew
to break off a piece of sth or sb using a tool or by striking
ᐸᐦᑴᐦᐊᒻ, ᐸᐦᑴᐦᐌᐤ
pahkweham, pahkwehwew
4
(to break open)
- ᐹᔥᑭᐸᓕᐤ
- pâškipaliw
- to break sth open with a tool
- ᐹᔥᑲᐦᐊᒻ, ᐹᔥᑲᐦᐌᐤ
- pâškaham, pâškahwew
5
(to break through a surface)
- to break through ice
- ᑣᐦᑎᓐ, ᑣᔑᓐ
- twâhtin, twâšin
- to break through the snow’s crust
- ᑣᑯᓀᐦᑎᓐ, ᑣᑯᓀᔑᓐ
- twâkonehtin, twâkonešin
6
(to break up from static or bad reception)
- ᓇᓂᐦᑭᐦᑖᑾᓐ, ᓇᓂᐦᑭᐦᑖᑯᓯᐤ
- nanihkihtâkwan, nanihkihtâkosiw
7
(to break up, as for a couple)
- ᐸᐦᑭᔑᓋᒃ
- pahkišinwak
- ᓇᑲᑎᑐᐗᒃ
- nakatitowak
8
(for one's water to break, speaking of impending labour)
- ᐗᓂᐦᑖᐤ ᐅ ᓂᐲᒻ
- wanihtâw o nipîm
- ᐸᔥᑯᒉᐸᓕᓕᐤ ᐅ ᓂᐲᒻ
- paškocepaliliw o nipîm
9
(to fail to observe a law)
- ᐲᑯᓇᒻ
- pîkonam
- ᐲᑯᐱᑕᒻ
- pîkopitam
We also found mentions of 'break' in
a traditional divinatory game where a beaver thigh bone is wrapped in cloth and passed from one person to the next, each of which attempt to manually break the bone, the number of fragments of which is said to predict how many beavers are to be found in the next beaver lodge
it is completely eroded, worn away, or swept away by the applied pressure of a moving body (
, by the ice at break-up, an avalanche, a landslide, etc.)
, by the ice at break-up, an avalanche, a landslide, etc.)
it is completely eroded, worn away, or swept away by the applied pressure of a moving body (
, by the ice at break-up, an avalanche, a landslide, etc.)
, by the ice at break-up, an avalanche, a landslide, etc.)
there is a sudden break in the height of trees, it an area where the trees are abruptly shorter than the adjacent trees
a small sandy island offshore from Akwâpicikan on Moose Factory Island that has since been swept away by ice at break-up
(of ice at break-up) it jostles (against other other ice fragments)
(of a couple) they break up
to break into pieces, to fragment
s/he has an effect on it (by striking or using sth) (
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
s/he affects it (manually), s/he has an effect on it (manually) (
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
s/he affects it (by pulling), s/he has an effect on it (by pulling) (
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
s/he has an effect on it (using h/ feet or body) (
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
s/he has an effect on h/ (using h/ feet or body) (
, being able to break h/, budge h/, make an impression on h/, etc.)
, being able to break h/, budge h/, make an impression on h/, etc.)
(of ice at freeze-up or break-up) it is packed tightly by the current
s/he makes it break through the ice
s/he makes h/ break through the ice
s/he has an effect on h/ (by striking or using sth) (
, being able to break h/, budge h/, make an impression on h/, etc.)
, being able to break h/, budge h/, make an impression on h/, etc.)
s/he causes it to break in two
s/he causes it to break in two
to break into pieces, to fragment
they (a couple) break up
there is a break in the treeline or clearing in a wooded area
a fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca), said to sing the following tune around the time of break-up, 'awenihkân ômeliw opetikotim?'
it is break-up (i.e., the season when ice breaks up and starts drifting downriver)
it has poor tensile strength when bent, it is liable to break when bent
s/he affects h/ (by pulling), s/he has an effect on h/ (by pulling) (
, being able to break h/, budge h/, make an impression on h/, etc.)
, being able to break h/, budge h/, make an impression on h/, etc.)
it has poor tensile strength when bent, it is liable to break when bent
s/he affects it (manually), s/he has an effect on it (manually) (
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
, being able to break it, budge it, make an impression on it, etc.)
s/he is swept away by the applied pressure of a moving body (
, a dock that is swept away by the ice at break-up)
, a dock that is swept away by the ice at break-up)
s/he causes its keel to break off on impact
3 results found
Some words starting with 'break'
break-up
noun
noun
mâcištan
a bumpy expanse of ice papeskosikwâw
of ice packed tightly by the current sîhtâpokow
of ice jostling mâšihkew
when the ice starts moving and openings form tawisikopaliw
when the ice is moved by the wind and an opening forms pahkwâhan
for sth to be swept away by the moving ice wepiškôtew, wepiškôsow
breakfast
noun
noun
kekišepânehkwewin
kišepânehkwewin
to eat breakfast kekišepânehkwew
kišepânehkwew