The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| matewokipisu | s/he shivers, shakes |
| mathuksu | s/he speaks up |
| matkomike | the ground is shaky; (bog) it quakes underfoot |
| matkomikesson | there is a sudden earthquake or tremor, the ground shakes suddenly (somewhere else but felt locally) |
| matkomikessu | there is a sudden earthquake or tremor, the ground shakes suddenly (locally) |
| matkomikihpute | there is an earthquake or tremor, the ground shakes |
| matkomiktehson | there is an earth tremor |
| matkuwal | s/he affects h/, stirs h/, moves h/ (emotionally or physically); (also, in inanimate subject forms) it bothers h/, worries h/, causes h/ concern |
| Matolen | Madeleine, Madeline |
| matoliqessu | it shakes violently |
| matolukiye | s/he, it wobbles, is wobbly |
| matonahkatomon | s/he fights for it |
| matonahke | s/he fights, makes war |
| matonal | s/he fights h/ (attacks h/ physically) |
| matonomon | s/he fights it |
| matonomuwan | s/he fights or attacks or vandalizes something belonging to h/ |
| matonosu | s/he fights with self |
| matonotin | there is war or conflict, there is fighting or battle |
| matonotuwakon | fighting one another, combat; (in general) fighting, warfare |
| matonotuwok | they fight each other, do battle, clash physically, make war with each other |
| matopiye | s/he can use lower back comfortably |
| matopiyewiw | s/he can barely move because of hip or lower-back pain |
| matsehkehlal | s/he arouses h/ (sexually); s/he infects h/ (body part) |
| matsehkehtun | s/he infects it (body part) |
| matsehkesson | it is infected, becomes infected |