ᑖᓂᑲᑌ tânikate
(particle)
(followed by a dubitative verb of the conjunct order or a future tensed indicative verb of the conjunct order)
I wonder how
Examples
ᐯᔭᒀᐤ ᒫᑲ ᒣᒀᒡ ᐁ ᐸᐹ ᓇᑕᐗᐦᐅᒋᒃ ᐁ ᐱᐳᐦᒃ, ᓅᐦᒋᒥᐦᒃ ᐁ ᐃᐦᑖᒋᒃ, ᑖᓂᑲᑌ ᑫ ᑮ ᑑᑕᒫᐹᓐ ᑭᒋ ᑮ ᓇᑲᑕᒃ ᓂ ᓈᐯᒻ, ᐃᑌᓕᐦᑕᒻ᙮
One day, while going about hunting in the winter, while they were out on the land, she thought, "I wonder how I can do it so I can leave my husband."
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Contraction of tânika ite.
References
comparetânika