Friday 24 May 2013

Cree phrase of the day

kimiwan. It is raining.

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wikimiwan. It will rain.
sikipestaw. It is raining hard.
kakitowak. They are calling referring to the sound of thunder. Thunder is animate because in nehiyaw thought the sound of thunder is made by the piyesiwak, the thunderbirds.
wawaskototepayan. It is lighting up as in lightening during a storm.




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