noun animate
she-bear
Plural:
muwinesqiyik, muwinesqihik
Diminutive:
muwinesqehsis

Keywords

bear 1

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Apaciyat, uhkmossol Muwinesqiyil naka Nimaqsuwehswol komutonalakk. When he came back, his grandmother Bear and Sable had been kidnapped. (LM)
On Muwinesq ulopehtuwan 'temis epahsiw altestakonok, tahalu-tehp skicinuwok etolahkehtit amkakon. And Bear (Koluskap's grandmother) sits his dogs down in the middle of a wooden dish, using the same motion with which the people would toss dice in the traditional dice game. (LM/DAF)
Mociku muwinesq tan etuci-iywat muwinehsis. A she-bear is not to be messed with when she has little ones.

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