noun animate
(bird, Gavia immer) common loon
Plural:
oqimuwok
Possessed:
'toqimumol
Locative:
oqimuwihkuk where there are loons
Diminutive:
oqimuhsis

Keywords

loon

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Kiwattaqsu oqim. Loons sound sad.
Koluskap 'toqimum, 'kotunkewku, wiwonasi-pomituwiyawolotuwok msi-te noluwiw skitkomiq. Koluskap's loons, his hunters, fly aimlessly all over the earth. (LM)
(as prenoun) Nihikehs oqimuwi-sakom wiwonituwiye qospemok. Three times the chief of the loons circled the lake. (LM)

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