ᐸᐯᔭᐦᑎᐠ papeyahtik [IPC]

s/he is involved in a long, drawn out, slow process, nanihkâcipayiw (vai); s/he is really slow going or s/he does things slowly, papîcew (vai); s/he finds her/him slow going, papîcîyimew (vta); it is a slow process, papetan (vii); s/he goes slowly, pekihkâciw (vai) (Northern Cree); s/he goes slowly, papwâstawiw (vai) (Plains Cree); it goes slowly, pekihkâcipayiw (vii); s/he goes there slowly, pekihkâcitâw (vii); it is slow coming, pekihkâtan (vii); the act of thinking slowly, pekihkâteyihtamowin (ni); s/he finds her/him a slow thinker, pekihkâteyimew (vta); s/he is a slow thinker, pekihkâteyihtam (vai); the act of being slow or sluggish, pekihkâtisiwin (ni); s/he is slow or sluggish, pekihkâtisiw (vai); s/he is slow moving, pwâstawiw (vai); s/he thinks s/he is slow moving, pwâstaweyimew (vta); it comes real slow, pwâstawipayiw (vii); the gun is slow firing, i.e.: a muscle loader, pwâstawimatwewew (vii); s/he is slow arriving, pwâstawitakosin (vai); being slow moving, pwastawîwin (ni); s/he is very slow, yîkitchikâwiw (vai); the act of being very slow, yîkitcikâwiwin (ni); s/he walks slowly, papwâstahohtew (vai) (Plains Cree); s/he walks slowly, pekihkâtohtew (vai) (Northern Cree); s/he walks slowly, yîkicikâtohtew (vai) (Plains Cree); s/he acts in a slow and steady meanner or s/he is slow, peyahtikowisiw (vai) (Plains Cree); s/he acts in a slow and steady meanner or s/he is slow, nisihkâcâtisiw (vai) (Northern Cree); very slowly, peyahtik (ipc) (Plains Cree); very slowly, kâkitaw (ipc) (Northern Cree); slow operation, slow or measured, peyahtikowisowin (ni) (Plains Cree); slow operation, slow or measured, peyahtikoyisâyâwin (ni) (Northern Cree)

Source: Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary English-Cree

Language: Cree