ᑲᑳᓚᐤ kakâlaw
(particle)
1
(obsolete)
effortfully
2
(idiom)
môla kakâlaw hardly, barely
Examples
ᒨᓚ ᑲᑳᓚᐤ ᑮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐯᐦᑕᐌᐗᒃ᙮
They hardly heard him.
Susan Cheechoo [2023]
ᓇᒪᐐᓚ ᑮ ᑲᑳᓚᐤ ᐅᐲᐙᐎᐗᒃ, ᑖᐱᔅᑰᒡ ᐃᓴ ᐱᑯ ᐊᔭᐦᐋᔑᔥ, ᐱᓓᓯᐤ ᐁᑳ ᑳ ᐅᐲᐙᐎᑦ ᐁ ᐊᔭᐦᐋᔑᔒᐎᑦ᙮
They hardly had any feathers, just like a young one, a young featherless bird.
Patrick Stephen - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1936]
References
synonymsôhka