noun animate
nickname of Tomah Joseph, who lived at Motahkomikuk (died in early 1900s; artist in birchbark; made a canoe for Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

Notes

(origin uncertain)

Keywords

nickname
Tomah
Joseph

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Tehpu yut elawtoksopon nakaw, iya, Tumahqahaw. 'Tiywal aksonol; tehpu oxen wheel tracks. The late Tomah Joseph was the only one who made a path there. He had an ox; it was just oxcart tracks. (LS)

Audio Recordings

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