noun animate
game-warden, policeman; (in game of tag) person who is "it"; (archaic) totem (human-like figure used, e.g., as personal mark of canoe-maker)
Plural:
kukecok

Notes

(see Adney & Chapelle, Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America, 1964, p. 82)

Keywords

it
scarecrow
game-warden
policeman
totem

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Kukecok ntiyali-kikimapomokunnuk 'ciw puskonikonihkuk, keq miyaw ntotoli-olukhotipon. Game wardens were spying on us from the cemetery, to see what exactly we were doing. (AD)
Kihkani-kukec. Scarecrow.
Kil toke kukec. (playing game of tag) You're "it." It's your turn to be "it."

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Alice
example Dolly
Example Dolly
example Alice