The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| lihtahtu | s/he is good at something, has a talent |
| lihtakuwe | s/he imitates sound |
| lihtaqot, oltaqot | it sounds thus; (person) s/he makes a lot of noise, is loud (singular only, ii) |
| lihtaqsu, oltaqsu | s/he sounds thus |
| lihtasu | it is made, it is made thus |
| lihtehson, oltehson | it hits thus, hits there |
| likanuwiw | it is in form of house, is shaped like house |
| likapuwu, likapuhu | s/he stands thus |
| likcihike | (basketmaking) s/he assembles bottom(s) of basket(s) |
| likcihikon | (basketmaking) first weaver to go around side of basket (marks edge of basket bottom where standers are folded up to make sides and keeps standers vertical) |
| likcihikoney | (basketmaking) gauge used to cut first weaver to go around side of basket |
| likew | (expresses sympathy) poor little thing! |
| likon | it looks thus; it is such and such a kind |
| likonike | s/he splits something (e.g., basket hoop, barrel hoop) by following grain; s/he starts something growing (e.g., home-brew mixture) |
| likoton | it is a year, a year passes |
| likpehtihike | s/he pounds ash log to obtain basket splints |
| likpesawakon | gauge (tool with a number of evenly spaced blades used for cutting ash splints to desired width) |
| likpesawe | s/he cuts basket-weavers using gauge |
| liksawakon | (tool) saw (of any type) |
| liksawe | s/he saws |
| liksihke, liksihka | s/he walks hurriedly to there |
| likson | (something small) it looks thus, it is such and such a kind |
| liku | s/he looks thus; s/he is of such and such a kind or nature |
| lilomonhasu, linomonhasu | it is painted |
| lilomonhike, linomonhike | s/he paints (wall, room, house, car, etc.) |