noun animate
person, human being
Plural:
pomawsuwinuwok persons, people
Possessed:
'pomawsuwinumol
Locative:
pomawsuwinuwihkuk where people live
Diminutive:
pomawsuwinuhsis

Notes

(often shortened to mawsuwin)

Keywords

person
human being

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Tokec ntahcuwi-wiwisa-natsakiyak kotokik npomawsuwinumok, supekuk qihiw wikulticik. Now I have to hurry to see others of my people, who live near the salt water. (LM)
Npomawsuwinumok. My people.
Komac kiluwaw kuleyuwawak pomawsuwinuwok. You treat people very well.
Nit-olu, nit-te msiw kisi-yuhul. Kat nil pomawsuwin, kehtaqs nil. Now that's all that I can tell you. I'm not a living person; I'm a ghost. (MT)

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