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Part of speech

noun inanimate

Definition

sickness, disease, illness, affliction

Noun Forms

Plural:
ksinuhkewakonol
Possessed:
'kosinuhkewakon, 'qosinuhkewakon

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Wen yaq 'tiyaliptun 'kosinuhkewakon, naka ma-te wen keq 'kocicihtuwon tama 'ci-peciyewiw. They say someone is carrying a sickness, and no one knows where it came from.
Nit eli-pektuhukuhtit apc yut ksinuhkewakon, eliwihtasik, iyey, lahpihkut. That's where they were all killed later by this disease called, uh, leprosy. (MT)
Eyts nit piley ksinuhkewakon. AIDS is a new disease.
Mocikonul pesqonul ksinuhkewakonol. Some diseases are bad.
Kci-ksinuhkewakon. Smallpox. (LM)

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