The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| mawapskonal | s/he gathers h/ into ball |
| mawapskonomon | s/he gathers it into ball |
| mawapskuhucin | (animal, person) s/he curls up into ball |
| mawaqopu | s/he flops in relaxed position |
| mawaqosonikan | there is communal bonfire; there is group of people burning things together |
| mawaqosonikiyik | they make communal fire |
| mawatokonikhotuwok | they braid sweetgrass together (in group) |
| mawatokopu | (rope, snake) s/he is coiled up |
| mawatuwehlal | s/he gives donation to h/ (money, clothing, books, food, etc.) |
| mawcokhal | s/he mixes or blends h/ (soft substance) |
| mawcokhomon | s/he mixes or blends it (soft substance) |
| mawcokhomuwan | s/he mixes together something belonging to h/ |
| mawcoktahal | s/he mixes h/ by hitting or pounding h/ (soft substance; e.g., dough) |
| mawcokte | (soft substance; e.g., cement, paste) it is all together, is compacted |
| mawcoktehmon | s/he mixes it by hitting or pounding it (soft substance; e.g., wet cement, paste) |
| mawcoktihikon | (baking) dough, batter; mixture, blend; (figuratively) person of mixed ancestry |
| mawe (mawiy-) | gathering, coming together, moving toward central point |
| mawehe | it comes together |
| mawehhik, mawehyik, maweyyik | they assemble, gather |
| mawehlal | s/he gathers h/ together (substance); (with plural direct object) s/he gathers them together |
| mawehpuwok | they get together to eat, gather together to eat (e.g., at someone's house) |
| mawe-ihiniya | they do it together |
| mawekak | they come together dancing |
| mawe-kinstomuwihtuniya | (group) they oppose it |
| mawekonal | s/he defeats h/ by pinning h/ to the floor |