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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

(tree, Acer saccharum) sugar, hard, or rock maple; (Acer rubrum) red, scarlet or swamp maple

Noun Forms

Plural:
sonawiyik, sonawok
Possessed:
'sonawomol
Diminutive:
sonawsis, sonawossis

Notes

(compare malsonaw)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
On 'tolomi-nutahan, on nit 'tolapomaniya keq olluhke. Nit yaq tahk etolalokahacil memsi-sonawol. And he went on out, and then they watched what he was doing. There he was, boring a hole in a huge sugar maple. (MT)

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Alberta
word Dolly
example Alberta
example Dolly