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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

(bird) seagull (especially, herring gull, Larus argentatus)

Noun Forms

Plural:
kiyahqok
Possessed:
'kiyahkumol, 'kiyahqomol
Locative:
kiyahqihkuk where there are seagulls
Diminutive:
kiyaqsis, kiyahqehsis fledgling gull, first-year gull; kiyasis second-year gull

Notes

(variant kiyahs, reported by Chamberlain [1899])

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Elinaqsihtit kiyahqok yut Sipayik. There are a lot of seagulls here at Sipayik.
Nqoss moskuwal kiyaqsisol sitomok. My son found a baby seagull down on the shore.
Wot-ona ehpit wikit Sipayik liwisu Kiyahq. There is a woman who lives at Sipayik named Seagull.
Kci-kiyahq. Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus).

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