pokuwoss | Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Language Portal

noun animate

sailor

Plural:: pokuwossok
Possessed:: 'pokuwossomol

Notes

(translation of English, tar; see poku)

Keywords

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
Nmoskuwan pokuwoss. Nkisi-'teksomon steak. Wahkehsekonul, 'ci, yey, wakon.	I found a sailor. I cut a steak off him. A few slices, to use for bait. (MT)
Elomiyat sopayiw supekuk, solahkiw yut eli-nattokahtuhukets-al iya pokuwoss, weni-pokuwoss-al, cu-al-lu wenik wapeyicik.	As he was walking along the seashore, suddenly he came upon someone who must have been cast up by the waves, apparently (the body of) a sailor, some sort of sailor, presumably one of the white men. (MT)
Elinaqsit pokuwossok sehkoloticik tehsahqiw motapekulokuk.	There are a lot of sailors standing on the deck of the battleship.

Audio Recordings

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