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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

louse

Noun Forms

Plural:
oqomok
Possessed:
'tahqomol
Locative:
oqomihkuk where there are lice
Diminutive:
oqomis (see also konasis)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Oqom ehtaste pesqon piyehs 'sici-ponatomon pesqon wawonis. A louse will lay one little egg on each strand of hair.
Moci-oqomok. Moci-oqomisok. Pubic lice.
Pisqomehtawotultuwok wasisok oqom skulhawossok. The kids infested one another with lice at school.
Psonamkopu not wasis oqom. That child's head is loaded with lice.

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