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Part of speech

noun animate or inanimate

Definition

(animate) die, playing piece; (inanimate) game

Noun Forms

Plural:
amkakonok dice; amkakonol games
Possessed:
'tamkakonol h/ die; 'tamkakonum h/ game
Locative:
amkakonok
Diminutive:
amkakonossis

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Ksihkehetukkol amkakonokkol. The games have been lost.
Memhuwi-kakaluwama Koluskap, 'cipokihtaqsuwamal uhkomossol wesuwe-pcitahkewkun 'temis, on Muwinesq ulopehtuwan 'temis epahsiw altestakonok, tahalu-tehp skicinuwok etolahkehtit amkakon. With a great cry, Koluskap calls to them; he shouts to his grandmother to send him back his dogs, and Bear (his grandmother) sits his dogs down in the middle of a wooden dish, using the same motion with which the people would toss dice in the traditional
Nihtawacqehla amkakon. He knows how to slide the checkers. He's good at checkers.
Ksihkahhikk amkakonossiskokk. The little dice have been lost.
Tan wetonomon amkakon? Where did you get the game?

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