weposkâw [NI]

burn A burned out piece of land, i.e.: an old burn, pahkwatiteskâw (ni) (Plains Cree); a burn, kîsisowin ; it burns off, kîskihkasiw ; s/he is all burned off, masaskohkasiw (vai); s/he burns her/him or them completely, masaskohkaswew (vta); it is completely burned off, i.e.: grass, masaskohkahtew (vii); s/he is all burned, mestâskisiw (vai); s/he burns her/him or them or it all, i.e.: tobacco in a pipe, mestâskiswew (vta); it is all burned off, i.e.: from a forest fire, mestâskitew (vii); s/he burns them up, mestihkaswew (vta); burning something up, kamestihkasikehk (vti); the act of being burned up, mestihkasowin (ni); a newly burned off area, oskâpôskitew (vii); s/he burns them off something else, pawihkaswew (vta); s/he burns the prairie grass, pasisâwew (vta); s/he is burned out by a bush fire, pasisiw (vai); s/he was burned by a spark, paskisiw (vai); s/he burns or reduces them to ashes, sekohkaswew (vta); it is burned to ashes, sekohkahtew (vii); s/he or it has burned to ashes, sekohkasiw (vai); s/he has a massive, deep burn, i.e.: a third degree burn, sohkehkasiw (vti)

Source: Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary English-Cree

Language: Northern Cree