The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| kakawtehson | it beats or pounds fast |
| kakawtestike | s/he is sprightly; s/he takes quick steps making noise with feet |
| 'kakawtestun | s/he slams it hard |
| kakawtihike | s/he pounds rapidly with fist |
| kakawuhse | s/he walks fast |
| kakawwalke | s/he fights fiercely |
| kakawwikhike | s/he writes fast |
| kakehki-skinuhs | bachelor |
| kakehki-naksq | spinster, old maid (Wol) |
| kakehkipokahkil | (plant, Chimaphila umbellata) prince's-pine, pipsissewa |
| kakehs | many times, several times; (with units of time) many, several |
| kakehsikoton | it is several or many years |
| kakehsukoniw | for several or many days |
| kakehsuwok | they are several or many in number |
| 'kakocihkuwal | s/he sticks close to h/; s/he is too strict with h/ |
| kakosewehte | (gun, trigger) it is cocked |
| 'kakosewehtun | s/he cocks it (gun) |
| kakskatoq | cedar bough |
| kakskimuhkahs | (Iris versicolor) blue flag |
| kakskus | (tree, Thuja occidentalis; wood of this tree) eastern white cedar, arbor-vitae |
| kakskusihq | cedar pitch, cedar resin |
| kakskusimus | cedar tree |
| kakskusiyey | something made of cedar; (animate) cedar log |
| kaktaqot | it has rough sound |
| kaktaqsu | h/ voice is rough or hoarse; s/he croaks |