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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

Native person, aboriginal person (especially, Peskotomuhkati or Wolastoqey person), Indian; person, human being

Noun Forms

Plural:
skicinuwok
Possessed:
uskicinumol
Locative:
skicinuwihkuk on Native land, in the Native community, etc.
Diminutive:
skicinuhsis
Vocative:
skicin; (plural) skicintuk; (between friends) skic

Notes

(literally, surface-dweller; for vocative, see also ckin)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Pihce skicinuwok neke yaluwawotultihtit, on yukt motewolonuwok, nipayiw nikt kotunkahtuwok. Long ago, when the Indians went around fighting one another, these motewolons, they hunted (their enemies) at night. (MT)

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