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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

widow; beetle (species uncertain); pear

Noun Forms

Plural:
sikusqiyik
Possessed:
'sikusqemol
Locative:
sikusqehk at the widow's house
Diminutive:
sikusqehsis young widow

Notes

(compare sikuwit, sikuskoss)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Kpawatomon sikusq? Do you want a pear?
Pihce sikusq 'qoni-'takihtuwal nisuwihticil 'qocikoton. In the old days a widow mourned for her husband one year.

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
Word Dolly
Example Dolly
Example Dolly