nisuwihticil

noun animate (dependent; verb ai participle 3)

h/ wife or husband, h/ spouse

Plural:: nisuwihticihi, nisuwihtici h/ spouses

Notes

(from nisuwiwok; the form nisuwiyek is generalized by many speakers; e.g., nisuwiyekol h/ spouse, knisuwiyek your spouse, also as in final example sentence; see also ehpit, skitap, ulomen, uleti)

Keywords

spouse

wife

husband

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
Nisuwiyek. ... Nisuwiyeq.	My spouse. ... Your spouse.
Neqt pemkiskahk nisuwihticil 'tiyukun, "Nit-olu skat keq koti-olluhkewon, nokosayiwc ksiktelamipon."	One day his wife says to him, "If you don't do something, we're going to starve soon." (LM)
Nisuwihticil nit-te wesuwessin.	Right away his wife goes back.
Nisu nisuwihticihi.	He has had two wives.
Cihkonaqc nomiyan nisuwihticil.	Turtle rejoins his wife. (LM)
Apistanewc nisuwiyek.	Marten's wives. (LM)