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Part of speech

verb root (medial)

Definition

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

Notes

(inserted in verb stem; compare -alokittiye-, -oliqe-, -onoqe-)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Cossoluttiyehtaqs! Shut up! (compare costaqs! be quiet!).
Tehpu yaq qeni-lahkehtit otuhkol naka maceluttiyephuwaniya. They just dropped the deer and ran like the devil (WN; compare macephuwaniya they ran away).

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Nancy
word Dolly
example Dolly
Example Nancy
example Nancy
example Dolly