noun animate
(tree, Fraxinus nigra; wood of this tree) black ash, basket ash (locally also called brown ash); (basketmaking) strip of ash, ash splint
Plural:
wikpiyik, wikpihik
Possessed:
wikpimol
Locative:
wikpik
Diminutive:
wikpossis

Keywords

splint
ash 2
strip 1

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Woli-kiyahqakiye wikp, woli-pihtuwe naka woli-wotokeyu. Black ash is straight, splits easily, and is pliable.
On apc wen toke monikpehlan wikpiyil naka 'kossephan lamikuwam, nit-oc etolosut, etoli-cikikpuhut, naka etoli-pihtuput. And now one can peel off strips of ash and take them indoors, where they will be cut, scraped, and split into thinner splints. (PN)
Wen toke 'cossawiyan peskuhu wikpi. Now one dyes some of the ash. (PN)
Nit-tehc wen toke kisi-macekpehtihikan tokkiw-ote wen 'kihka-wiwonihtahat wikpiyil. Now one can begin to pound the ash log until he has pounded it all the way around. (PN)

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