The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary

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Entry Definition
baseball player (Sipayik)
one (in counting)
one
flower
it is decorated or adorned with flowers
florist
arsonist
one
the same; nevertheless, even so, still
nevertheless, still
it is one of a kind, it is unique; it is still the same
one who removes weeds
Split Rock (place on shore at Sipayik)
(see peskotomuhkat)
s/he arrives dragging or sliding it
s/he throws it to here
s/he has sharp pain in side
s/he leaves h/ off to someone (see example)
his penis distends; he gets erection
thunderbird
it thunders
(bird, Chaetura pelagica) chimney swift
thunder; (also, for some speakers) lightning
there is a thunder-shower
nickname of John Snow, of Sipayik, d. c. 1950s