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Part of speech

noun animate

Definition

rib (of animal or canoe); (for eating) sparerib

Noun Forms

Plural:
pikiyik
Possessed:
'pikiyil; (also, as human body part) 'pikemol, 'pikimol
Locative:
pikek
Diminutive:
pikehsis; pikehsisuwey (meat) spareribs
Obviative:
pikiyil, pikihil; (plural) pikihi, piki

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Tan 'kehsilin pomawsuwin 'pikihi? How many ribs does a person have?
Etutaluwosit kisokitomuwan-otehp 'pikihi. He is so thin you can count his ribs.
Itom, iya, "Nmuhsums yuhuht 'piki." He said, "These are my grandfather's spareribs." (ID)
Not yaka kikcoksit wiwoniw pikehsisihkuk. (child) He's so ticklish around his ribs.

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