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Part of speech

verb ai 1

Definition

something happens to h/

Noun Forms

Plural:
lessultuwok

Verb Forms

Prefixed Verb Stem:
-olessi-
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
lessi-
Changed Verb Stem:
elessi-

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Kiyasqi-te elessiyin! It serves you right! (That's exactly what happens to you!)
Tan nekom 'tolessin? What happened to him?
Welam apc nit lessultiyeq, ktihiniyahc yut 'pisun. That way, if it happens to you again, you'll have this medicine. (MT)
Eci-ksinuhket 'tomaki-wasis, 'koti yaq pahtoliyas sukonopalal mesq apc keq lessihq. The poor child is so sick, they say, the priest is going to baptize her before anything else happens to her.

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Dolly
word Alice
Example Nancy
Example Nancy
Example Nancy
example Dolly