verb ai 9
s/he shovels snow
Plural:
okalhikhotuwok, akalhikhotuwok
Verb Stem:
-okalhike-, -akalhike-
Preverb:
-okalhike-, -kalhike-
Changed Verb Stem:
ekalhike-

Notes

(also, for some speakers, mokalhike, changed stem mekalhike-)

Keywords

snow
shovel

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Okalhike, okalhike; ehtahs tan ci kakawi-psak nit-te 'tolkalhikan, okalhike. He shovels and shovels; every time it snows hard, he shovels the snow, shovels the snow. (JAN)
Nakakalhike (menakatokalhike). He shovels snow slowly.
Yalokalhike skinuhsis weci-manihket. The boy went around shoveling snow to make money.
Wen keti-okalhiket? Who wants to shovel snow?
Temonu-tehc okalhikhotuwok pomawsuwinuwok. In a little while the people will be shoveling snow.
Yalokalhiket Susehp on 'keckuluwin. When Joseph was shoveling snow, he caught a cold.

Audio Recordings

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