ᑕᐦᒀᐹᐌᐤ tahkwâpâwew
(verb, animate/inanimate intransitive)
s/he can only stay underwater for a short time
Examples
ᐊᐗ ᒫᑲ ᐐᓚ ᔖᑴᔑᐤ ᐁᒀᓂ ᐌᐦᒋ ᓈᔅᐱᒡ ᑕᐦᒀᐹᐌᑦ ᑫᑳᑦ ᐁ ᑮ ᓂᔥᑖᐹᐌᑦ᙮
And as for the mink, that is why he can only stay a very short while underwater, having almost drowned.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]