noun inanimate
little house, hut; outhouse, bathroom, latrine; ribcage of cooked muskrat
Plural:
wikuwamsisol
Possessed:
wikuwamsisom
Locative:
wikuwamsisok
Diminutive:
wikuwamsis

Notes

(see wikuwam)

Keywords

bathroom
outhouse
rib
hut
latrine

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nil nit nwikuwamsisom. That's my outhouse.
Kosona iyey sakhi-tuwapit not Mali Susehp pahkak. Nit tutte nit nekom wikuwamsisom, on nit 'tapqotehtun possiyantehsok. Nit etolekhucuwoli pahkak Tepitsisk; nwikihpon nit Tepitsisk nilun Billy. Or he would look into Mali Susehp's back yard. That's where her outhouse was, and he would open the window. I was hanging clothes behind David's; that's where Billy and I lived. (GP)
Elinaqqopon wikuwamsisol nil weckuwi-maceki, kenoq ma-te toke wen tama nomihtuwonol. There used to be a lot of outhouses when I was growing up, but one doesn't see them anywhere anymore.

Audio Recordings

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