noun animate
(animal) black bear (Ursus americanus)
Plural:
muwiniyik, muwinuwok
Possessed:
muwinemol, muwinumol
Locative:
muwinewihkuk, muwinuwihkuk where there are bears
Diminutive:
muwinesis, muwinehsis, muwinuhsis
Obviative:
muwiniyil, muwinuwol

Keywords

bear 1
dipper

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nomiyal muwinuwol ihtoli-sukayewotahsultimok. He saw a bear at the dump.
(as translation of Wolastoqey surname) Not-olu pesq, nakat Kci-Muwin, eliwiyut Nuwel Bel. There was one, the late Old Man Bear, whose name was Newell Bear. (MT)
Ktaqhomuhs nehpahal muwiniyil. The old man killed a bear.
Kci-muwin. ... Muwinehsis. Big Dipper (Ursa Major). ... Little Dipper (Ursa Minor).

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