ᐌᓵᐗ wesâwa
(particle)
used to assert the reason for or the factuality of a statement about sb
Examples
ᓂᐱᐤ ᐊᐗ, ᐃᑗᐤ ᒫᑲ᙮ ᒥᒍᓂ ᐌᓵᐗ ᐅᒉᐎᐤ, ᐃᑗᐤ᙮
He then says, "This one is dead because he is thoroughly covered in maggots," he says.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᐐᐦᑕᒫᑯᐤ ᒫᑲ ᐆᐦᐅ ᐋᐱᑯᔒᔕ᙮ ᐁᐗᑯ ᐌᓵᐗ ᑭᔒᒻ, ᑮ ᐃᑎᑯᐤ ᐆᐦᐅ ᐋᐱᑯᔒᔕ᙮
And so this mouse told him. "This is actually your young brother," said the mouse to him.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Contraction of wesa awa.