qontehkom

verb ai 7

s/he travels for so long a time, s/he takes so long a time (to get somewhere)

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Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
Laks 'kekiw 'qontehkomon weckuwi-poneqiyat sapiw aluhkok, wot 'ci-macihiw-ote amsqahs sakhiyat kisuhs tokki nekkiyat, naka mossahkonahtehsinon Laks ktahkomikuk.	Laks is all day traveling, falling back down through the clouds, from sunrise until sunset; that's when he crashes onto the earth. (LM)
On yaq-ote oluwikonok kehsukoniw 'qontehkomoniya, apatkawotihtit.	And they had traveled only seven days, they say, when they were back again. (MT)
Yut-te anqoc 'ci-maciyapasuwok-otehc. Tan-al-oc 'qontehkomoniya.	Sometimes they would start walking from here. I don't know how long it took them. (JH)