verb ai 9
s/he works all day
Plural:
'kekolukhotuwok
Prefixed Verb Stem:
-nokkekoluhke-, -nihkekoluhke-
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
'kekoluhke-
Changed Verb Stem:
nekkekoluhke-, -nehkekoluhke-

Notes

(compare 'kekiw)

Keywords

day
work 2

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Pihce wen nekkekoluhket, 'ci-maceluhke nahaht welapotasik tokkiw piskapotasik. Long ago a day's work started when you could see what you were doing and lasted until it was too dark to see what you were doing.
(noun animate) Tokec 'kekoluhkewinuwok oli-tpahmuwak: mosinok ktahcuwi-kse-tokomos spasuwiw oqomolcin aciyak, apc knute-tokomosin kisehtuwon oqomolcin aciyakil. Now all-day workers are allotted hours: you have to punch yourself in on a machine at 8:00, and then you punch yourself out when you've completed eight hours.

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
Word Dolly
word Donnell
example Dolly
example Dolly