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Part of speech

verb ta 36

Definition

s/he presses on h/ forcefully with foot or body (e.g., gas pedal); s/he brakes h/ (bicycle, by pedalling backward)

Verb Forms

Verb Stem:
-colokihtehkuw-
Changed Verb Stem:
celokihtehkuw-

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Wasis 'totoli-colokihtehkuwal 'posumol. The child was pressing down on his cat with his foot.
'Colokihtehkuwal kespetolol. She stepped on the accelerator.

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Alberta
Example Dolly
example Alberta