noun inanimate
(plant in the genus Acorus; see note) sweet flag, especially the root of this plant
Plural:
kiwhosuwaskul
Possessed:
'kiwhosuwaskum
Locative:
kiwhosuwaskuk
Diminutive:
kiwhosuwasqis

Notes

(originally the native several-veined sweet flag, Acorus americanus, now also used for the introduced single-vein sweet flag, Acorus calamus)

Keywords

flag
calamus
flagroot

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
On nit 'tolaqsomon yut iyey kiwhosuwasq; psi-te wot elokimatpon, wot skitap nit elluhket. Then he steeped the flagroot; everything he (Flagroot) instructed him to do, this man did. (MT)
Nil ehta nit eliwihimok Kiwhosuwasq. I am the one they call Flagroot. (MT)

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