verb ii 21
(water) it gets deep suddenly, abruptly; there is body of water at base of cliff; (lake bed, shoreline, etc.) it drops off abruptly, there is steep dropoff underwater
Prefixed Verb Stem:
-koskitome-, -kaskitome-
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
koskitome-, kskitome-; kaskitome-
Changed Verb Stem:
keskitome-, kaskitome-

Keywords

deep
underwater
cliff
dropoff

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nit-te Putep macehomon eli-koskitomek. Then Whale swims off to where there is a steep dropoff underwater. (LM)
Nkoskahtun nahsahqehtakon eli-koskitomek kuspemok. I lost my ring in the deep part of the lake.

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