noun animate
diaper; breechcloth, loincloth; (wolekehsis) flap of birchbark under gunwale at bow of canoe, which protects ends of gunwale wrappings and also bears canoe-maker's mark
Plural:
wolekiyik
Possessed:
ulekiyil
Locative:
wolekek
Diminutive:
wolekehsis

Notes

(see Adney & Chapelle, Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America, 1964, pp. 82-86)

Keywords

diaper
flap
breechcloth
loincloth

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Anuwit yaq wikuwossol kisihtuwat Susehpol woleki naka ahtulhawehsis. Anna's mother made Joseph diapers and little shirts. (MES)
Nulek. My breechcloth.

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