noun animate
(biting insect) black fly
Plural:
sipunok
Locative:
sipunihkuk where there are black flies
Diminutive:
(see sipunis)

Notes

(also, piqis)

Keywords

fly 2

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Cu-oc knomiyak sipunok niponiw. You will see black flies in the summer.
Elinaqsit sipunok pisituwiyyik-ote wen 'tunok, wihtonaloqihkuk, 'calokossaloqihkuk, 'sisqaloqihkuk naka 'piyehsumihkuk. There are so many black flies they fly in one's mouth, nostrils, ears, eyes, and hair.

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