ᐁᑯᓈᓂ ekonâni
(particle) (interrogative)
used to signal a rhetorical question
Examples
ᑫᑲ ᒫᑲ ᐃᑌᐤ ᐅ ᓈᐯᒪ, ᐁᑯ ᒫ ᐁᑯᓈᓂ ᑖᐺ ᐁᑳ ᐗᔦᔥ ᐁ ᑮ ᐃᐦᑎᔭᓐ?
Finally she tells her husband, "Listen now, is there truly nothing you can do?"
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᐁᑯᓈᓂ ᐁᔅᐱᐦᒋ ᒦᓕᔭᓐ ᔔᓕᔮᓐ?
Is that how much money you are giving me?
Susan Cheechoo [2023]