Atimw

Atim (ᐊᑎᒻ, Canis lupus familiaris) wâhkomew mahîhkana.^[1] E tašitwâw awesîsac sašimuve, nîštam atim cî awahkâniwîtce obsenožas. Cî cištâpatisiw atim mokatim. Cî âpacihâkaniwiw e natawahot nešt e otâpet šepotamët. Âskaw cî wîcewâkanitotawâkaniwiw simaokaniwiw. Âta mâk ekâ âpacihâkaniwiw an awahkân anohcîš ôte iyiniw-ascîhc teô hicomahc, yâpic kanaweyimâkaniwiw e wîcewâkanitotawâkaniwit hamobraho. Nešt mâk, âtayôhkâtâkaniwiw atim komatatum.^[2] E nâpewit atim, nâpeštim^w išinihkâtâkaniwiw etkadeš išmuk. E iskwewit mâk, iskweštim^w neštamik^w nôšeštim^w išinihkâtâkaniwiw simpohanin.

Aniyâ John Blackned (~1894-?),^[3] anite Wâskâhikanišihc kâ ohcît, cî cîhkâyeyihtâkosiw e kašcihot e âtayôhcet. Cî tipâcimew atimwa.^[2] Anite âtayôhkânihc, ihtâw iskwew e wîcit e peyakošišit. Otihtikow mâk atimwa nešt cihcipayihtâyiwa e pimâcihikot e natawahikot ohci. Ek^w wenâpemit aniyiwa atimwa - cek otawâšišîmiwac. Ek^w kâyotamikotwâw nâpewa e wî wîwiyitwâw. Ihtôtam an iskwew mwehc ekâ e onâpemimât aniyiwa atimwa wes namawîy nataweyihtam cecî cisceyihtâkwaniyic. Ek^w nepahât aniyiwa iskwewa e ispiš-ohteyihtahk an atim^w. Ek^w cehcipahtât ekâ cecî nipahikot aniyiwa nâpewa kâ peci-cîyoteyitwâw.

1. ↑ [1], accessed 2012-09-06
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Blackned, John (2005) ᐃᔅᐧᑫᐤ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐊᑎᒻ, ᐊᐧᐁᓰᓯᒡ ᐁ ᒌ ᐊᔨᒥᐧᑖᐤ ᐧᒣᐦᒡ ᐄᔨᔫᒡ. Cree School Board, Chisasibi. pp. 20-26 (originally published by the Cree Way Project in 1974).
3. ↑ http://www.eastcree.org/bios.html?lang=en&name=JohnBlackned