The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 'kuhusumiw | s/he owns or keeps cow(s) or cattle; s/he is cowherd |
| kuhusuwi (kuhusuw-) | of cow(s) or cattle, bovine |
| kuhut | bed |
| kuhutsewe | s/he wears clothes too thin for cold weather |
| kukec | game-warden, policeman; (in game of tag) person who is "it"; (archaic) totem (human-like figure used, e.g., as personal mark of canoe-maker) |
| kukec wawon | (fruit of Echinocystis lobata) wild cucumber |
| kukonasikon | human skeleton |
| kuku | bogeyman (someone scary to children) |
| kukuks | bogeyman (someone scary to children) |
| kukussuwintu | (see qiqossuwintu) |
| kulomitke | s/he is begging for food (especially, leftover cooked meat or cold cuts) |
| kulon | (measure of wood) cord |
| kulop- | (see entries beginning with qolop-; see note at qolopi; see also verb ai entries beginning with wolop-) |
| kulsuwa | cold sore, fever blister |
| kulta | coal tar; (also, at Sipayik) tar used for paving roads |
| kultawimahtek | something that smells like coal tar (especially, ointment) |
| kultossis | (young horse) colt |
| kuminiyewiw | (religion) s/he receives communion |
| kunome | h/ pace is so long |
| kunsahasu | (ice cream) it is in a cone |
| Kusi | (nickname of Joseph A. Nicholas, of Sipayik) Cozy |
| kuska (kuskay-) | tipping, tipping over, tilting, capsizing |
| 'kuskahkomon | s/he tips it over by stepping or sitting on it (i.e., using weight of body); (boat) s/he capsizes it |
| 'kuskahkuwal | s/he tips h/ over by stepping or sitting on h/ (that is, using weight of body); s/he capsizes h/ (person in boat) |
| 'kuskahtehkomon | s/he capsizes it by jumping or falling on it |