verb root (medial)
(mild expletive expressing anger, scorn, impatience, etc., or intensifying the meaning)

Notes

(inserted in verb stem; compare -alokittiye-, -oluttiye-, -onoqe-; stem final in some words, e.g., illiqe, minuwoliqe, olliqe)

Keywords

expletive

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Keq-op ktoliqewehkuhul? What the heck would I want with you? (compare ktuwehkuhul I use you).
Maceliqews! Get out of here! (compare macews! go away!).
Cossoliqehtaqs! Shut up! (compare costaqs! be quiet!).
Nomoliqaha pesq. I saw one of those darn little things (compare nomiya I see h/).

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