verb ai & ii 1, 14
(ice, glass) s/he, it breaks into small pieces; s/he, it fragments
Plural:
soqskessultuwok (ai)
Verb Stem:
-soqskessi-
Changed Verb Stem:
seqskessi-

Keywords

break
piece
fragment

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nemihtuhtit ewasisuwihtit wikihtits, eci-kiwacinomuhtit; eluwe-te soqskessuwol moshunuwal. When they saw the place where they had lived as children, it looked so lonely to them that their hearts almost broke. (LM/DAF)
Tan etuci-soqskessit pqom, skicinuwok 'toli-wolamsotomuhtiniya 'tahsihpilsultiniya naka naci-cuhpahkan wen amaleksok weci-maciyeloqek 'qosinuhkewakon. When the ice was breaking up, the people believed that they could cure themselves, and a person would go and throw a piece of satin into the water so that his or her sickness would float away with it.

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Dolly
example Dolly
example Dolly