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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

(bird, various species) woodpecker

Noun Forms

Plural:
pakahqahawok, paqahqahawok
Possessed:
'pakahqahamol, 'paqahqahamol
Diminutive:
pakahqahahsis, paqahqahahsis

Notes

(originally, more specifically, the yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, according to Chamberlain [1899])

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Pakahqaha eci-ksikihik wihton, 'saputehtehmon-ote wolokasq naka stahqonul kiluwahat wahantuhs. The woodpecker, which has a sharp beak, chips through bark and the wood of the tree in search of insects.

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