'sikawsu

verb ai 1

s/he suffers; h/ life is full of suffering (e.g., hunger, poverty); s/he lives hard life

Plural : 'sikawsultuwok

Prefixed Verb Stem : -usikawsi-

Unprefixed Verb Stem : 'sikawsi-

Changed Verb Stem : wesikawsi-

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English Phrase
Cel-al not 'sikawsuweloma weci-tuci-'sikawsit.	Maybe he is fated to suffer a lot, and that's why he has such a hard life.
Eci-sikihpuk, psi-te wen 'sikawsu.	It was a severe winter, and everybody suffered.
'Sikawsossultuwok wasisok 'sami-kuhutsewhotuwok.	Little kids suffered because they wore thin clothes.