The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| amihku | s/he gets up (sits up or stands up) |
| 't-amihkuhtuwal | (wrestling) s/he throws h/ off |
| amikotokku | s/he jumps up (to standing position) |
| amikotokkuwiw | it jumps up (to standing position) |
| 't-amiktahal | s/he gets h/ to stand up by hitting h/ |
| amilkahtin 1 | harvest time; (activity) there is harvesting, gathering of food or provisions, salting of fish, etc. |
| amilkahtin 2 | (name for month in lunar calendar approximating October) |
| amilke | s/he preserves food, puts aside provisions (food, fuel, wood, etc.) |
| Amilkesk | at the head of Big Lake, Princeton, Maine |
| amilkewi-kisuhs | harvest moon; (name for month in lunar calendar approximating October) |
| amilkosu | s/he prepares for winter (gathers provisions, etc.) |
| amkakon | (animate) die, playing piece; (inanimate) game |
| amke | s/he plays (game, dice, cards, football); (candidate) s/he runs for office; s/he competes |
| amkis | sand (in quantity) |
| amkuniwahsoss, amkuniyahsis | (see mamkuniwahsoss) |
| amonakiye | s/he, it curves or arcs around (something) |
| amonawt | detour, bypass road, ring road |
| amoni (amon-) | detouring around, bypassing, going around (something) and continuing on; (Wol) around in a circle; encircling, orbiting |
| amonicuwon | (water) it flows around something (e.g., island, sandbar,) |
| 't-amonihkomon | s/he makes detour around it, bypasses it, circles around it |
| 't-amonihkuwal | s/he detours around h/, goes around h/ |
| amonikcahsit | toad |
| amoniw | detouring around, bypassing; (Wol, also) around in a circle; encircling, orbiting |
| amoniyat kisuhs | (name for month in lunar calendar approximating August) |
| amoniye | s/he makes detour, bypasses; (Wol) s/he, it goes around in a circle, orbits, encircles |