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Part of speech

noun inanimate

Definition

mud, mudflat; stove ashes mixed with water

Noun Forms

Plural:
ososkul
Locative:
ososkuk; ososqihkuk (plural) in a muddy place

Notes

(also, sosq)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Sqotewamki-ososq sunhut wikp weci wen nomihtaq wecikpehtihiket. Mud made from stove ashes is applied to the ash log so that the pounder can tell where he has pounded.
Siqoniw ktanaqot ososq kcihkuk. In the spring there is lots of mud in the woods.
Wot yaq mahtoqehs naka coqols tama-al ososqihkuk etolakonutomahtit. Once a hare and a frog were in a muddy place telling stories. (EN)
Coqols yut yaq-ote 'tiyali-kcitacokessin iyik ososqihkuk, etoli-kalsit. The frog, it is said, was burrowing around in the mud, hiding himself. (EN)

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