ᐃᐢᑫᐤ iskew [VTI]

breaking something or ploughing the ground, pîkopicikewin (ni); s/he makes her/him break off or detach by shaking, kîskipayihew (vta); s/he snaps it off with her/his hands, kîskipitew (vai); s/he breaks her/his teeth in a fall, kaskâpitesin (vta); s/he breaks her/his neck by wrestling, kaskikwepitew (vta); s/he breaks her/his neck in a fall, kaskikwesin (vta); s/he breaks her/his arm in a fall, kaskipitonesin (vta); s/he breaks it in, i.e.: a horse for riding, nakâyâhew (vta); s/he breaks it apart with something heavy, i.e.: an axe, nâtwâham (vti); s/he breaks them, i.e.: snowshoes, nâtwâsimew (vta); s/he breaks it with her/his weight, i.e.: a tree, nâtwâskawew (vta); it breaks from the wind, nâtwâyâstan (vii); s/he breaks off a piece by striking it, i.e.: with a hammer, pahkwehwew (vta); s/he breaks a piece from them with her/his hands, pahkwenew (vta); a broken off piece, pahkwenikan (ni); it breaks off in pieces, pahkwepayiw (vii or vai); a piece breaks off, pahkwesin (vii); a thing is broken off, pahkwesiw (vai); when it falls a piece breaks off, pahkwehtin (vii); it breaks and now it has a piece missing, pahkweyâw (vii); s/he breaks it off by pulling, i.e.: a thread, paskipitew (vta); s/he breaks it off, i.e.: a rope, paskâpew (vai); s/he breaks or smashes them into pieces, pikinatahwêw (vti); it falls and breaks into small pieces, pîkinihkoswew (vii); s/he breaks them into piece with force, pîkinsimew (vti); it breaks into many pieces, pîkinipayiw (vii or vai); s/he breaks them into small pieces, pîkinipitew (vti); it is broken into small pieces, pîkinisiw (vai); s/he breaks them into small pieces by hitting them, pîkiniwepahwew (vti); they break into pieces, pîkinisinwak (vti); it breaks after a fall, i.e.: a person's leg or an axe handle, pîkohtin (vii); s/he breaks her/him, i.e.: financially, pîkonew (vta); s/he breaks or destroys things, pîkonikew (vai); the act of breaking or destroying things, pîkonikewin (ni); s/he breaks it when she drops it, pîkosimew (vta); it breaks when it falls, i.e.: a clock, pîkosin (vii); s/he steps on them or kicks them and breaks them, pîkoskawew (vti); something that became broken when it was hit, pîkwatahikan (ni); s/he breaks them by striking them, pîkwatahwew (vta); it broke right off, i.e.: a hammer of axe handle, nâtwâtin (vii) (Plains Cree); it broke right off, i.e.: a hammer of axe handle, kaskacihtin (vii) (Northern Cree)

Source: Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary English-Cree

Language: Cree