The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| kpekopoloma | h/ windows are all covered over |
| kpektihikon | covering or shutter (on window) nailed or tacked in place |
| kpihikon | (bottle, box, basket) lid, cover; (automobile) hood; (in stream or river) dam |
| kpihtahasu | it is boarded or nailed shut, is covered over by hammering |
| kpihtonehtaqsu | s/he has nasal voice; s/he sounds as if nose is stuffed up |
| kpiqqessu | (person, animal) blood clots in h/ cut or wound; (wound, cut, blood vessel) s/he, it clots, forms scab; (envelope) it seals with adhesive |
| kpiye 1 | s/he goes uphill, upriver; s/he goes up from water onto land (upon arriving at beach, shore, riverbank, etc.) |
| kpiye 2 | (water pipe, windpipe, nostril, etc.) s/he, it closes, becomes blocked, swells shut |
| kpocale | s/he is hoarse, h/ voice is hoarse |
| kpocokihikon | caulk, caulking, patch, material for patching |
| kpocokihtesta | s/he has something stuck in throat |
| kpocoqe | (pipe, artery, heart) s/he, it is clogged |
| kpokopolikon | tool that ties something shut (e.g., potato sack) |
| kpolamtehsin, kopolamtehsin | s/he knocks wind out of self by falling or slamming into something, loses breath from being hit |
| kpolamuhsuke | s/he loses breath in strong wind |
| kpolatom | s/he gasps for air, becomes breathless; h/ airway closes |
| kponoma | h/ nose is stuffed up |
| kpopehtikon | solder |
| kpopitahsut | cedar-bark strip used to bundle hoop-poles, etc. |
| kpot- | (see also entries beginning with 'kopt-, 'koppot-) |
| kpotehtahasu | it is boarded up |
| kpotehtehson | it slams shut |
| kpotehtihike | s/he covers up or sheathes by hammering (e.g., tacks cloth over window, nails tarpaper over hole in roof) |
| kpotehtihikon | (architecture) sheathing; tarpaper nailed on using wood strapping |
| kpotekopolikon | window shade, curtain, door covering |