koskoskopayowin [NI]

shake The act of shaking, nanamipayowin (ni) (Plains Cree); shaking a blanket or moosehide, pahpaw wepinikewin (ni); s/he shakes her/his head, kewahiskweyiw (vta); it shakes or rocks or it is not steady, i.e.: a boat or canoe, koskoskwâw (vii); s/he shakes her/him, koskowepinew (vta); s/he is rocking it, koskoskopayiw (vti); s/he shakes her/him or them briskly, mimikopitew (vta); s/he or it shakes, nanamipayiw (vai or vii) (Plains Cree); s/he or it shakes, koskoskopayiw (vai or vii) (Northern Cree); her/his body shakes, nanamiyawepayiw (vai); it shakes its wings, pahpawahkew (vai); s/he shakes herself/himself, i.e.: a dog, pahpawiw (vta); the act of shaking oneself, pahpawiwin (ni); s/he makes her/him shake herself/himself, pahpawihew (vta); s/he shakes the dust off her/him, pahpawipayihew (vta); s/he shakes the dust off it, pahpawipayihtâw (vti); s/he shakes her/his head at her/him in disagreement, wepiskweyistawew (vta); s/he shakes her/his head in disagreement, wepiskweyiw (vta)

Source: Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary English-Cree

Language: Northern Cree