ᐲᓭᐧᐱᐊᐧᕀ pîswepiway [NI]

fluffy down, i.e.: goose down, mestanipewayan (ni); it leads downward, nâsipemiw (vii); s/he takes her/him or them down the hill to the water, nâsipehtahew (vta); going down the hill to the water's edge, ka nâsipetimihk (vta); s/he sends her/him or them down the hill to the water's edge, nâsipetisahwew (vta); s/he goes down the hill to the water's edge, nâsipew (vai); the act of going down the hill to the water's edge, nâsipewin (ni); s/he fell down the hill, nihtaciwepayiw (vai); s/he goes down, i.e.: a hill or a stairway, nihtaciwew (vai); the act of going down a hill or stairway, nihtaciwewin (ni); s/he lets her/him down with a rope, nihtâpekinew (vta); it blew off or down, i.e.: a diaper off a clothes line, nihtâsiw (vai); it blew off or down, i.e.: a facecloth off a clothesline, nihtâstan (vii); s/he takes her/him down, nehtinew (vta); it leads down, i.e.: a road down a hill, penasipemon (ni); s/he goes down the hill, penâsipew (vai); s/he is coming down, i.e.: stairs or a hill, penihtaciwew (vai); s/he climbs down, i.e.: a pole or tree, penihtâskiw (vai)

Source: Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary English-Cree

Language: Cree