The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| lilomonhikon, linomonhikon | paint |
| li-macephuwe, oli-macephuwe | s/he flees to there |
| limahsu | s/he smells thus |
| limahte | it smells thus |
| li-minuwiw | (word, symbol, text, etc.) it means that, it has that meaning |
| linahsu | s/he does as s/he has seen other(s) do; s/he copies or imitates in this way |
| linaqot | (appearance) it looks thus, appears to be ...; it resembles |
| linaqsu | (appearance) s/he looks thus, appears to be ...; s/he resembles |
| linessu | (splint, wood, pole) s/he, it splits along the grain, splits straight |
| lininey ahtulhawekon | linen cloth |
| linomonhikon | (see lilomonhikon, sunhikon) |
| lintu | s/he sings, s/he sings thus |
| lintuwakon | song |
| lintuwakonihtaqot | it sounds like a song, is melodic |
| liphuwe | s/he flees to there, runs there to hide |
| li-pkotenike | s/he is making smoke for smudging, is burning incense |
| li-pkotenoma | s/he smudges, burns incense; smoke is coming out of chimney of h/ house |
| lipkotenomakon | (animate) chimney, smoking-pipe; (inanimate) smudge (smouldering sweetgrass, cedar, sage, tobacco), incense; thurible, censer |
| lipokessu | (leaf bud, needle bud) s/he, it opens |
| lipokomasut | (animate) bicycle, tricycle, bowling-ball; (inanimate) skateboard |
| li-pokomutakon | spring-loaded mechanism for spinning a top |
| liqahsu | s/he sews |
| liqahsut | sewing machine |
| liqehe | s/he, it rolls thus, there |
| liqehtikon | rolling pin |