ᐗᐙᓂᓰᐤ wawânisîw
(verb, animate intransitive)
1
s/he is in need
Examples
ᑮ ᐃᑌᐤ ᒫᑲ, ᓇᒪ ᓈ ᐐᔅᑳᑦ ᑮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᓈᐙᐤ ᑳ ᑮ ᑑᑕᐦᒃ ᑌᕕᑦ ᐃᔅᐱ ᐌᐙᓂᓰᑦ ᓀᔥᑕ ᐙ ᒦᒋᓱᑦ; ᐐᓚ ᓀᔥᑕ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᑳ ᐐᒉᐎᑯᑦ?
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Mark 2:25 [1876]
ᐃᔅᐱ ᒫᑲ ᑳ ᒣᔥᑎᓇᐦᒃ ᒥᓯᐌ, ᑮ ᐊᑎ ᑭᐦᒋ ᑲᐗᐦᑲᑖᓂᐗᓐ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐊᔅᑮᐦᒃ; ᑮ ᐊᑎ ᐗᐙᓂᓰᐤ ᒫᑲ᙮
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luke 15:14 [1876]
2
s/he is in need of it
Examples
ᑮ ᐃᑌᐤ ᒫᑲ, ᐃᔅᐱ ᑳ ᑭᐦᒋᑎᔕᐦᐅᑕᑾᒃ ᐁᑳ ᐁ ᐊᔮᔦᒄ ᔔᓕᔮᓂᐗᑦ, ᓀᔥᑕ ᒦᒋᒥᐗᑦ, ᓀᔥᑕ ᒪᔅᑭᓯᓇ, ᑭᑮ ᐗᐙᓂᓰᓈᐙᐤ ᓈ ᑫᒀᓐ?
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing?
Luke 22:35 [1876]