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Part of speech

verb ii 21

Definition

(gun) it shoots off, it fires; it blows up, explodes

Verb Forms

Verb Stem:
peskote-

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Peskote peskotehsok. The firecracker goes off.
Peskotekil. Firing of shots.
On yaq 'tewepehtun peskuwat yuhtol etoli-tpolumihcil. On peskote. Yat yaq-olu nuci-tpolukemit olomi-kipiyya. Then he raised the gun toward where the judge was sitting. And it went off. Then that judge fell over backward. (MT)
Keq nit etoli-peskotek? What is that shooting off?
Nit-te-na yaq mote-peskote kci-peskuwat. Then the cannon is heard going off.

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