gelgwisge'g
Translation: It is sprained
Part of Speech: verb inanimate intransitive
Meanings:
- sprained
- fractured
Example of word used in a sentence:
- Text: Telte'tm ntijin gelgwisge'g.Translation: I think that my thumb is fractured.Recording: Recording by ewm 馃攭
Pronunciation Guide: gel路kwis路keeg
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
- gelgwisge'gl -- They are sprained -- (third person plural inanimate)
Related entries for category "injure"
- gejgapeta'tl : scratches quickly
- gelgwisge'g : sprained / fractured
- gelgwisgetesg : sprained (due fall or strain) / fractured
- gelgwisgetestoq : fracture / sprain
- gesitesing : get hurt badly (from a fall or an accident)
- maltewiaq : bleed
- maltewiet : bleed
- maltews'g : cause to bleed by cutting
- maltewsatl : cause to bleed by cutting
- maltewte'g : cause to bleed by striking
- maltewtesg : bleed as a result of a fall
- maltewtesing : bleed as a result of a fall
- maltewtesmatl : cause to bleed by a fall
- maltewtestoq : causes to bleed by a fall
- nisqanane'g : bruise / bruise
- o'plisqatesg : sprain
- o'plisqatesing : sprain
- o'plisqatesmatl : sprain
- o'plisqatestoq : sprain
- pugweligu'niet : bleed profusely / bleed a lot
- temigatat : have foot or leg cut off
- temiptnat : have hand or arm cut off
- temisqona'latl : break off nose / break off at nose end
- tewalqatesg : dislocated / popped out / fall out
- tewalqatesing : dislocated / popped out / fall out
- tewalqe'g : dislocated
Related entries for category "state"
- a'qatapit : half intoxicated / somewhat intoxicated
- amins'tue'g : somewhat rational / partly sane
- amjepit : tipsy
- amjimoqpit : stuck
- amjimoqteg : stuck
- amjimoqtesg : caught and stuck
- amjimoqtesing : caught and stuck
- amjimoqwa'latl : stuck inside of hole (pipe) / stuck and laying down
- amjimoqwa'sit : stuck / unable to move
- amjimoqwa'toq : cause to be stuck
- an'stawe'g : delicate / fragile
- an'stawpit : unsafe position
- an'stawteg : unsafe / unsafe position
- aptaqatg : stay permanently
- aptlamig : stuffy / suffocate
- aptlamsing : lose breath (in gale)
- aqatatpa't : half路witted
- awialusing : encircled with halo
- esge'g : raw / uncooked
- esgig : green / not dryed(firewood) / uncured
- esgit : green(of foliage) / uncured
- esgmoqon : slime
- esma'teg : neat and tidy
- espulqeg : deep hole
- essit : ripe
- etteg : ripe
- ewe'g'pit : loose
- ewe'g'teg : loose
- ewle'jg : poor / poor condition
- ewle'jit : unfortunate / needy / poor / poor condition
- ewle'juaqan : poverty / hard times
- ewnasgwatpetesing : dazed from a fall / confused from a head injury
- ewnasgwetesing : dizzy caused by a blow or fall / dazed caused by a blow or fall / confused caused by a blow or fall / dizzy caused by a lot of head movement
- ewnasgwiet : dizzy
- ewnasiaq : gone awry / mixed up / topsy turvy / confused
- gaqama's'g : stand up / become erect
- gaqama'sit : stand up
- gaqamglet : finished burning
- gaqamig : stand
- gaqapiasit : dried up / finished drying up / finished drying out / thoroughly dry
- gaqapiateg : dried up / thoroughly dry
- gaqg'g : wear out (clothing article)
- gaqgmat : wear out clothes
- gaqguatl : wear out (clothing article)
- gegpewisg : dew / morning dew
- gejimoqteg : is obstructing the way
- gelgwisge'g : sprained / fractured
- geljit : frozen / freeze
- gelt'g : frozen
- gepe'g : blocked / plugged (of ear or nose)
- gepjoqpit : plugged / it is closed / blocked / shut
- gepsga'latl : put to sleep
- gepsgiet : drift off to sleep
- gesaqeg : steep
- gesaqet : steep
- gesaseg : shine / shines bright / bright
- gesaset : shine / shines bright / bright
- gesateg : bright
- gesigaq : slides fast
- gesigat : slides fast
- gesipgueg : scratchy / causing itchiness(of garment)
- gesp'g : dull / blunt / not sharp
- gesplatl : make dull / make blunt
- getemetesultijig : all killed
- getgiet : drunk
- getmenejig : extinct / totally wiped-out through death
- gi'g : sharp / sharp / house / home
- gi'g : sharp / sharp / house / home
- gisgatteg : ready / prepared
- gispneg : tired
- gispnet : tired
- gitnmat : have difficulty / have hard time
- gitnmo'tg : give a hard time
- giwto'qiet : spin / turns / get dizzy
- gjitmei : genuine / real one / genuine / real one / really / actually / truly / factually
- guntewiet : turns into stone / becomes petrified
- ilta'latl : shut / close
- ilteget : shut quickly
- istue'g : different / not normal / strange / different / strange
- jenteg : quiet
- jigawepit : inactive / dull / quite
- jigaweteg : inactive / dull / boring / quiet
- jijjema'q : smell bad / stink
- jijjema't : smell bad / stink
- majo'qiaq : wobble
- majo'qiet : wobble
- mala'sit : not doing well (health) / progressing slowly
- male'g : lazy
- maltewig : bloody
- maltewit : bloody
- mawgamig : corpulent / fattest
- mawgamit : corpulent / fattest
- mejigamugsit : have dirty appearance / look dirty
- melga'latl : harden
- melgapegisg : tough and stringy
- melge'g : hard / hard
- melge'g : hard / hard
- melgiaqasit : muscular / tough
- melgigit : solidly built
- memge'g : uncultivated field / cleared fiekl
- menagwisg : wobbly / unbalanced / tipsy
- menagwising : wobbly / unbalanced / tipsy
- menaje'jit : frail / fragile / delicate
- metgwe'g : stiff / stiff
- metgwe'g : stiff / stiff
- milesit : rich
- mimajig : alive
- mimajit : alive
- mimajuaqan : life / living
- mime'g : oily / greasy / greasy
- mime'g : oily / greasy / greasy
- misissiaq : get raggedy
- mjigapu : dirty water / used (scrubbing) water
- mjigei : dirt / garbage
- moqpeg : bloated / swollen
- moqpet : bloated / swollen
- musgasg'pit : protrude / stick out
- musgasg'teg : protrude / stick out
- musigapsg'sit : smooth and round
- musige'g : bare / empty / clear / bare / empty / clear
- musige'g : bare / empty / clear / bare / empty / clear
- musigta's'g : clear by cutting / clear by chopping off
- musigta'sit : clear by cutting / clear by chopping off
- nasgwine'g : torn in half / torn in half
- nasgwine'g : torn in half / torn in half
- nenmue'g : damp / damp
- nenmue'g : damp / damp
- nepg : dead
- ngutei : same as / too / also / just like
- npuaqan : death
- npuinu : dead person / corpse
- nujgma't : melt / thaw
- oqoqiaq : mold / fungal growth on damp or decaying matter
- pa'ge'g : sober
- pajijipilei : newest / newer than new / newest one / newer than new
- pase'g : thick / thick
- pasgina'latl : tear or rip
- pasgina'toq : tear or rip
- pasgine'g : ripped or torn / ripped or torn
- pasgine'g : ripped or torn / ripped or torn
- paspit : thick / dense / piled deep
- pasteg : thick / dense
- pegatnmat : neat / clean and tidy
- pegatteg : neat / clean and tidy
- pegeja'teget : neaten / clean
- pelsit : thick
- salawe'g : salty / salty
- salawe'g : salty / salty
- sape'wig : holy / blessed
- sasqateg : flat
- se'sa'toq : mess up / disarray / spread
- siguapatign : rinse (water)
- sipigpa'q : supple / flexible
- sipigpa't : supple / flexible
- sugulegaq : rotten
- sugulegat : rotten
- tegniaq : sweat
- temine'g : ripped / torn / ripped
- temine'g : ripped / torn / ripped
- tugune'g : hollow / hollow / empty headed
- tugune'g : hollow / hollow / empty headed
- waju'et : full
- wantaqo'ti : peace
- wantaqteg : quiet
- welaqapit : slightly intoxicated / feel good (from drinking)
Related entries for category "body"
- alisqopatl : have in mouth / chew
- alisqotg : chew
- alpatl : mouths / gums
- alu'sat : skinny / lean
- amnaqwa'teget : turn toes in
- angwisgaqan : joint / wrist joint
- apajipet : resurrect
- aps'sitat : have small feet
- apsalqigwa'ji'jit : have tiny eyes / have small eyes
- apsalqigwat : have small eyes
- apsalqutnat : have small mouth
- apsatpat : have small head
- apsgu'lapa'sit : turns head around to look / turn head around
- apsigjat : have small buttocks
- apsiptnat : have small hands / have small paws
- apsisqonat : have small nose / have narrow nose
- apso'qonigatat : skinny legged / slim legged / thin legged
- apt'pugu'et : unable to move while standing from standing too long
- aptapjiet : unable to release a hold
- aptegwat : freckled face
- aptlama'latl : smother / block off air from
- aptlamit : suffocate
- aptlamsing : lose breath (in gale)
- aptluat : hold breath
- asga'sit : limp
- asgaja't : walk with a limp / limp
- asgatesing : limp
- atgigwa't : wrinkled (of head and neck)
- atgigwati : wrinkle
- atlasmit : relax / rest
- atlasmu'latl : rest / allow or give rest
- atlasmu'teget : take break / take rest
- e'pite'su'et : becomes a young woman / menarche / enter womanhood
- egwijatpa'latl : dip the head into the water (or liquid)
- ejgwe'mat : sob
- ejgwit : hiccup
- ejigla'go'jing : head turned away
- ejiglu'jing : bent (at waist) away
- elapaqto'sit : splash oneself / spray oneself
- elatpo'jing : lean head toward
- elg'g : cause soreness from sitting too long / cause body part to be sore (from being on it) / temporarily misshapen by pressing against
- eli'tuat : have a beard / have a mustache
- eloqtnema't : have bad breath
- elsita'sit : sole / instep / paw pad
- elu'gwit : something gets stuck in throat / choke (food)
- elusgwatamit : spit
- emegwaltugwepit : messy hair / awful looking hairdo / bad hair day
- emisqa'sit : strip self nude
- emisqapit : topless / naked on upper body
- emisqatesing : strip dance / stripped quickly
- emisqe'g : naked / bare
- emisqo'tlatl : undress / strip naked
- enmigjo'gwet : stooped over facing away / bent over with buttocks up
- enmisa'tgwatp'tesing : run with hair bobbing up and down
- enmlamit : gasp
- epsguninet : have dry tuberculosis
- eptegwat : have freckles / freckled
- eptegwati : freckle
- epugtaqanat : have heartburn
- etlapenatl : massaging his/her body / feeling his/her body
- ewe'gisga'latl : exercise / break in
- ewlmaje'g : suffer
- ewsgwapeg : twitch
- ewsgwapet : twitch
- ewsgwit : sneeze
- ga'qasia't : lips are numb from eating too many rubarb
- gamlamit : breathe
- gaqalamiet : out of breath
- gaqalamit : stop breathing
- gaqi'gwesmat : finished bearing or producing children
- gasiptna'sit : wash hands
- ge'gwatpan : top of the head
- gelgwisge'g : sprained / fractured
- gelgwisgetesg : sprained (due fall or strain) / fractured
- gelgwisgetestoq : fracture / sprain
- gesaqtiat : diarrhea
- gesgitlmaqanat : have broad shoulders
- gesgitlmaqasit : broad shouldered / broad路beamed
- gesigawlamit : breathe hard and fast
- gesipa'latl : relieve an itch by scratching / scratch
- gesipa'toq : scratch / relives an itch by scratching
- gesipa'tuaj : scratches it
- gesipa'tuatl : scratches it
- gesipiaq : itchy
- gesipiemgewei : eczema / itchiness
- gesipiet : itchy
- gesipta'tl : scratch with an object / scratch
- gesipte'g : quick scratch / a distracted scratch / scratch with an object
- gesipto'sit : scratch self (like an animal)
- gesitesing : get hurt badly (from a fall or an accident)
- gesnuguig : hurt / uncomfortably sore / ache
- gesnuguit : ache / hurt / sore
- gesnugwaj : ache / hurt / sore / uncomfortably sore
- getu'_unjanit : pregnant / expect baby
- gewjatpewjit : head is cold
- gewjia'qiet : feel chilly / have chills
- gewjipnewjit : feel hands cold
- gewjit : feel cold
- gewtaqsigit : feel cold feet
- gi'gligsig : ticklish
- gi'gligsit : ticklish
- gintewoqsit : snore loudly
- gispniet : become tired
- gitaqasit : muscle ache / sore muscles / sore (of person)
- gitaqeg : muscle ache / sore (of body part)
- gitaqet : sore (of body part) / sore muscle
- glitam : birthmark
- glmuej : mosquito / boil / carbuncle
- guign : marrow bone
- igeggwet : fall sick / in heat (said of dog) / lose mind suddenly
- ila'sit : get well / recover
- ilapewnusit : groom / put on make up
- ilisqa'latl : make limber / massage / put back in place (as joint)
- ilpugua'sit : stand into position / change position while standing
- inaqanmit : right路handed
- istuigata't : have clubfoot / clubfooted
- jajige'g : healthy
- jampo'qiet : somersault
- japigwetuatl : wink
- japigwetuet : winks
- jigapito'jing : tooth bared smile / forced smile / exaggerated smile
- lamipgigwan : eyeball
- lamiptn : palm (of hand)
- loqtnema't : have bad breath
- lusgwatign : spit / saliva
- maligatat : weak legs or feet / fragile-legged / feeble-legged / frail-legged
- malja't : stagger slowly
- maltew : blood
- maltewa'latl : get blood on
- maltewa'toq : get blood on
- maltewiaq : bleed
- maltewiet : bleed
- maltews'g : cause to bleed by cutting
- maltewsatl : cause to bleed by cutting
- maltewte'g : cause to bleed by striking
- maltewtesg : bleed as a result of a fall
- maltewtesing : bleed as a result of a fall
- maltewtesmatl : cause to bleed by a fall
- maltewtestoq : causes to bleed by a fall
- malugunat : have weak back
- maqalqigwat : have large eyes
- maqapsg'tiat : have a big and round belly / plump / corpulent / rotund
- maqapsgusuat : have large testicles
- maqatpat : big headed
- maqigjat : have big buttocks
- maqijjigwat : have big bowel movement
- maqiptnat : have big hands
- maqisqonat : have a big nose
- maqistaqanat : have big ears / eavesdrop (slang)
- maqitnat : have big nostrils
- maqo'iptnat : have big arms (in girth) / have thick arms
- maqo'qonigata't : have big legs (in girth) / have thick legs
- maqoqsit : big (in girth) / big and round (cylindrical)
- maqsitat : have big feet
- maqtawi'tuat : have a black beard
- maqtawigjat : black路bottomed
- maqtawignegsit : dark complexioned / dark tanned
- maqtawoqsit : darkened from fire / dark tanned / charred
- maqtunat : have big mouth
- massaqiet : sexually aroused or stimulated
- mawgamig : corpulent / fattest
- mawgamit : corpulent / fattest
- megwa'taqan : rouge / blushing powder
- megwa'tat : put on a rouge
- megwaltugwat : red haired / red head
- megwe'saqa'sit : turn red / blush
- megwe'saqsit : ruddy complexion / red faced / red cheeked
- mejgiet : undergo rigor mortis / get stiff
- mejigapewit : have dirty face
- mejjigwat : defecate / have bowel movement
- mejjilsit : defecate on oneself
- melg'jat : constipated / have hard stool
- melgaqanatpat : bald (headed)
- melgi'taqanat : have strong neck
- melgiaqasit : muscular / tough
- melgigit : solidly built
- melgiji'nm : strong man / solid man / giant (from Pacifique's Grammer glossery)
- mesa'latl : swallow
- mesa'tamit : swallow
- mesa'toq : swallow / swallow slowly
- meseget : swallow quickly
- metaqapit : underdressed for weather (torso area) / bare chested
- metgatat : barefooted
- metgwat : hatless / bareheaded
- mi'jan : excrement / feces
- misues : ringworm
- moqpeg : bloated / swollen
- moqpet : bloated / swollen
- musgumatl : lick
- musgwatamit : lick
- najijjigwat : go to defecate
- najisgit : goes to urinate
- nango'sit : comb hair with fine路tooth comb
- naqsinijgig : heal quickly
- naqsinijgit : heal quickly
- ne'talqigwat : excellent eyesight / capable of seeing unnoticable or unobvious things
- nenestawe'g : timid / delicate / sickly
- neng'tesing : tremble / quiver / shake / shiver
- nepisit : heals one self / medicates self
- newtalqigwat : one路eyed / have one eye
- newtigata'lugwet : stand or slide on one leg
- newtigatat : have one leg or foot
- newtiptnat : one handed
- ni'taqa't : recuperate
- nigoqji'juigatat : bow-legged
- nijgig : heal
- nijgit : heal
- nisqanane'g : bruise / bruise
- niwipsguna't : thirsty
- no'q'g : cough
- noqt'g : choke / gag (on food)
- npuaqan : death
- npuinu : dead person / corpse
- nujumuit : have gastric tuberculosis
- nunat : suck
- nunatg : suck
- o'plisqatesg : sprain
- o'plisqatesing : sprain
- o'plisqatesmatl : sprain
- o'plisqatestoq : sprain
- oqolema'sit : puts in mouth
- oqonitpaqaiet : faint
- pantuna'sit : open mouth
- pantuno'jing : have mouth open
- pasaltugwat : thick hair
- pasi'tuat : thick bearded
- patalapit : cross路eyed (strabismus)
- patanapjit : hold with left hand
- patang : left路handed
- patanjuei : left hand / item used for or by left hand
- pe'gitnet : have nose bleed / bleed from nostril
- pe'sit : have something in eye
- pene'sugwa't : drool
- pene'sugwati : saliva / drool
- pepg'te'muatl : thin out (head hair) by cutting
- pepgaltugwat : have thin hair / have fine hair
- pepgijatpat : flat路headed
- peqanqasita'teget : get flat feet / get flatfooted
- pesgutua'tl : shave
- pesgutue'g : shave
- pesgutuo'sit : shave oneself
- pesgwiet : moult / shed
- pesigweita'tl : slap face
- pesqa'gipusit : chafed
- pesqaiet : skin peels (as from sunburn)
- pestaqa'latl : strain
- pestaqa'toq : strain
- pestaqalsit : strains self
- pi'gwatign : shed hair
- pi'gwatignmit : shed hair
- pigtit : fart
- pijigatat : long路legged
- pijiptnat : have long reach / have long arms
- pijisqonat : have a long nose
- pijistaqanat : have long ears
- pilse'g : numb / unsalted / under-salted / unsalted / under-salted
- pisewtuna't : foam at mouth
- pissaqutnat : has numb mouth
- pito'qiptnat : long路armed
- pitoqoluat : long neck
- piwgsmig : bushy / fluffy路haired
- piwgsmit : bushy路haired / fluffy路haired
- pne'sugwati : saliva / drool
- poqtapa'teget : start to scratch
- poqwa'lat : dry throat
- puglie'wei : pimple / boil
- pugsigna'qewit : hairy (of animal) / hirsute
- puguluan : kidney
- puguna'w : fluffy or hairy animal
- pugunesit : hairy (of animal) / bushy
- pugweligu'niet : bleed profusely / bleed a lot
- pugwistina'gewit : hairy (of body)
- put'pegiaq : swell up / bloat
- put'pegiet : swell up / bloat
- putewisgwa's'g : blister
- putewisgwa'sit : blister
- putuisgwa's'g : blister
- sa'qati'ju'aq : sensation of pins and needles / having lost the feeling of / numb / sleeping (of limb)
- sa'ugwat : long路haired (of man)
- sapun : contrary person(slang) / hair
- saputawsit : recover (from illness or an injury) / live through (survive)
- saqapja'sit : closes hand
- saqpigu'n : tear路drop
- saqpigu'niet : shed tears / forms tears / become tearful
- sasqasitat : flat-footed
- sasqigatat : flat-footed
- sasqitnat : pug-nosed
- sawiptn : deformed or crippled hand or arm
- sawiptnat : have deformed or crippled hand or arm
- segit : urinate
- sepigwa'sit : close eyes
- sepigwet : have eyes closed
- sesagi'g : barefooted
- sewigna't : ill / weak (from illness) / listless / feverish
- sewtia't : have stomachache
- sguti : urine
- sipit : stretch / stretch and yawn
- sisteg : pull back foreskin
- sitnigwit : blow nose
- so'qotemit : vomit
- so'qotemun : vomit
- soqpatl : chew
- soqt'g : chew
- soqtamit : chew
- soqte'get : chew (as cud) / masticate
- t'pgwan : gravel / soil / ashes from cremation
- tajige'g : healthy
- taqamoqsitat : pigeon-toed / intoeing
- tegigata't : have cold feet
- tegiptnat : have cold hands
- tegniet : sweat
- telapsg'sit : so big and round or oval shaped
- tele'g : be in such a way / be that way / pregnant
- temastaqte'muet : cut hair / barber / hairdresser / barber / hairdresser
- temawigna't : hunchback
- temgwe'g : headless / headless
- temgweta'tl : chop off the head / chop off the top
- temgwete'g : chop off the head / chop off the top
- temigatat : have foot or leg cut off
- temiptnat : have hand or arm cut off
- temisqona'latl : break off nose / break off at nose end
- tetuipsguna't : rumble (inside stomach)
- tewa'lsit : urinate
- tewalqatesg : dislocated / popped out / fall out
- tewalqatesing : dislocated / popped out / fall out
- tewalqe'g : dislocated
- tewulamit : exhale
- tgeia'tat : have cold
- tgniewuti : sweat
- tgnu : sweat
- tmawignessu : hunchback
- toqwanqisgat : double路jointed
- uggamlamuti : breath
- ugjigi : scab
- ugjijaqamijl : spirit / soul / shadow
- ugjijaqamiju'et : have shadow
- ugp'ssan : sleeve
- ugpitnit : has hands
- ugsugun : tailbone (his/hers/its)
- uja'law : mucus / snot / phlegm
- ulugwe'get : have mumps / have swollen gland or tonsil
- ulugwiet : have tonsillitis
- usapunit : have hair (of head)
- usgijega鈥檛uaten : will be covered in death shroud
- usgun : liver
- utqotalatl : bury
- utqotamg : burial / funeral
- utqotaqan : grave
- wa'tugwaw : blood clot
- wa'tugwawa's'g : clot
- walgwi'taqanat : nape (of neck)
- walnoqsitat : have instep or arch
- wap'staqapewit : look pale
- wap'staqe'g : pale
- wapaltugwat : white haired
- wapgwan : grey or white hair
- wapgwat : have white hair
- wapignegsit : light-complexioned
- wapinpat : sleep with eyes open
- wapit : awake / have eyes open
- waqaiewiaq : filled with pus
- waqamalqutnat : clean mouth
- waqamaluat : clean tail
- waqamapitat : clean teeth
- waqamapsg'tiat : clean belly
- waqamapsqonat : clean heels
- waqamigsiat : clean nails
- waqamilnuat : clean tongue
- waqamimlagejmit : clean breasts / clean mammaries
- waqamipsgunat : clean chest / clean breast
- waqamiptnat : clean hand(s)
- waqamisqonat : clean nose
- waqamistaqanat : clean ears
- waqamitnat : clean nostrils
- waqamugtugwejanit : clean forehead
- waqantew : bone
- waqantewatpat : head of bone
- waqtian : fish entrails / small fish entrails
- wasuega'tat : menstruate
- wata's'g : become cataract (of eye)
- wate'g : cataract (of eye)
- wejgiemgewei : chicken pox / scabbiness
- wejgiet : scabby
- wejgwatpo'jing : bent toward here (from head)
- wejipulgwa's'g : have cramp
- wejipulgwet : have an epileptic fit
- wejjelamit : sigh
- wela'sit : relieved / feeling good (from being ill) / turn out well
- welat : burp / belch
- welmaje'g : suffer
- wenmaje'g : suffer
- wesgowigwa'sit : smile
- wesuelamit : inhale
- wetajigwet : frown / scowl
- wetlamit : breathe from
- wi'n : marrow
- wi'nei_waqantew : marrow bone
- wigamit : lean (Nova Scotia)
- wigew : fat (animal) / lardon
- wigewit : fat
- wijgwe'j : blister
- wijgwe'jua's'g : blister
- wijgwe'jua'sit : blister
- winpnet : have venereal disease
- wipit : tooth
- wipitoqom : gums
- wisawaltugwat : blonde haired / blonde headed
- wisgaqan : gristle
- wisgaqanig : cartilage / gristle
- witu : whisker