verb ai 9
s/he cuts basket-weavers using gauge
Plural:
likpesawhotuwok
Prefixed Verb Stem:
-olikpesawe-
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
likpesawe-
Preverb:
-kpesawe- (with other initials)
Changed Verb Stem:
elikpesawe-

Notes

(see likpesawakon)

Keywords

cut
gauge
weaver

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Elikpesawet... ipa nit etolikpesawet, nit weci anqoc pipuwosat kosona... ma kahk pipuwosawiyik, 'tomosa. The way he was holding the gauge... you see, when he was cutting the weavers he sometimes cut them too thin, or... he didn't cut them thin; he cut them off. (JAN)
Muck-op tehpu likpesawet, komac-op nwicuhkemoq. Even if the only thing he did was cut basket weavers, he would help me a lot.
Wasis tolokehkimsu elikpesawet. The child is teaching herself to cut basket weavers.

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Dolly
Example Nancy
Example Nancy
example Dolly