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Part of speech

noun inanimate

Definition

slender, flexible stick, twig; whip, switch; (new growth from tree stump) sucker

Noun Forms

Plural:
ipisiyil
Possessed:
'tipisim
Locative:
ipisik
Diminutive:
ipisis

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Sipsis kolomihtehsin ipisik. The bird lands on the twig.
Pihce wasis keti-mattuhut, nekom-ote naci-kotunotun 'tipisim. Long ago when a child was going to be spanked, he went and cut the switch himself.

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Donnell
Word Dolly
example Dolly
Example Dolly