The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary

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Entry Definition
it is wrong, is incorrect
wrong, wrongfully; improperly, incorrectly
it is growing wrong; it is wrong shape; it looks wrong; it is the wrong thing
s/he is led into temptation, is seduced, is led astray
s/he arrives at wrong time (child at birth, visitor, etc.)
s/he governs unjustly or unfairly, misrules
wrong thinking; thinking about the wrong thing
s/he goes in wrong direction
s/he dyes using wrong color, s/he colors incorrectly
s/he dyes using wrong color
(cards) s/he misdeals
s/he does wrong; s/he does something incorrectly, commits error, makes mistake
criminal, wrongdoer
s/he sits in wrong position, sits in wrong place
s/he does wrong
s/he says something wrong, makes slip of tongue
it is written or drawn incorrectly
whitefish
Wabanaki, person of the dawn-land
Wabanaki (includes Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqey, Peskotomuhkati, Penobscot, Abenaki; usually, with reference to these five peoples as a group)
in Wabanaki territory
Wabanaki people
s/he has gray hair
to, at Liberty Point, Robbinston, Maine
at white rock carry; (cap.) in, at, to Baileyville (also called Woodland), Maine