verb ai 1
s/he takes sponge bath (Sipayik)
Plural:
sahkossuwi-kospahlosultuwok
Verb Stem:
-sahkossuwi-kospahlosi-

Notes

(literally, washes self like circus-person)

Keywords

wash
bath

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Qeni-pkonahsultimok tehpu wen sahkossuwi-kospahlosu, tehpu moniwoss. During picking time, one takes only circus (sponge) baths, and only here and there.
'Somakonoss-ona sahkossuwi-kospahlosu: cuwi-tepiye 'samaqan yaliptaq elossomit, eli-kossapitensit, naka eli-kospahtaq 'saksol. A soldier also washes like a circus person: the water he carries has to be enough for his drinking, brushing his teeth and washing his socks.

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