amkakon
noun animate or inanimate
(animate) die, playing piece; (inanimate) game
Plural :
amkakonok dice; amkakonol games
Possessed :
'tamkakonol h/ die; 'tamkakonum h/ game
Locative :
amkakonok
Diminutive :
amkakonossis
Example Sentences :
| Passamaquoddy-Maliseet | English Phrase |
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| 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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