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Part of speech

noun inanimate

Definition

whistle, moose-call; something one blows to make a single sound; peashooter

Noun Forms

Plural:
putuwakonol
Possessed:
'putuwakon
Locative:
putuwakonok
Diminutive:
putuwakonossis

Notes

(compare pipiqat)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Mecimiw tuhpiyeyal putuwakonol ntolihtunennul. We used to make little whistles from alder branches.
Nkotuwihtuwan nqoss putuwakon. I am going to make a whistle for my son.

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