noun animate
(in oral tradition) name of spirit of the night air; thunderbird, monster in the form of a bird; (lower-case) vulture (perhaps Cathartes aura, turkey vulture)
Plural:
cipelahqok

Notes

(see also mecihposkit sips)

Keywords

spirit
thunderbird
vulture

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nit oli-sapiye nekkiyak metehtaqsit Cipelahq, pisuwi-pomawsuwin, pihcetu 'costuwa. Then it happens at sunset that the voice of Cipelahq, the spirit, is heard from far off. (LM)
Cipelahqok wikultuwok lahtoqehsonuk. The thunderbirds live in the north.

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