preverb
in a great hurry, in great haste
Verb Stem:
-wiwisa (-wiwisay-)

Notes

(interchangeable with wisa, although wiwisa sometimes implies greater haste or urgency; for words beginning with wiwisa-, see also wisa-)

Keywords

hurry
hasten

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nit wiwisahtehkuwan. Then he hurries over to them.
Tokec ntahcuwi-wiwisa-natsakiyak kotokik npomawsuwinumok, supekuk qihiw wikulticik. Now I must hurry away to visit others of my people, who live by the ocean. (LM)

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