kskomonawe

verb ai 9

s/he takes shortcut, takes portage route (Wol)

Plural : kskomonawhotuwok

Prefixed Verb Stem : -koskomonawe-

Unprefixed Verb Stem : kskomonawe-

Changed Verb Stem : keskomonawe-

Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English Phrase
Ki! Am-ote siqonuwik apankuwat Kepek, weckuwi-kskomonawet, yut 'peciyan, natsakiyan malsanol. 'Tiyal yaq, "Kehs kucanomul?"	So! Finally, when spring came and he had sold (his furs) in Quebec and come back across the carry, he arrived here and went to see the storekeeper. He asked him, "How much do I owe you?" (MT)
Apankuwat on huckuwi-kskomonawan yut oloqiw, iyok, Wolastokuk.	When he had gone and made his sales, he took a shortcut over this way, toward some place on the St. John River. (MT; huckuwi is speaker's pronunciation of uckuwi)