The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| mawoskenomuwan, mawuskenomuwan | s/he assembles something belonging to h/ |
| mawossomin, mawossominol | (ai) s/he drinks with others; (ai+obj) s/he drinks with h/ |
| mawossuwama | s/he drinks with them |
| mawqepiyamok | couch, bench |
| mawqepuwok | they are sitting together |
| mawsqesuwok | (birds, people, apples on branch) they are bunched up, are clustered |
| mawsuwin | person, human being |
| mawtehmoniya | (carpenters) they nail it as group (e.g., working together to construct or sheathe a wall, etc.) |
| mawuhkacik | team; confederacy of tribes, nation |
| mawwehkaniya | (group) they use it together or jointly |
| mawwenal | s/he holds bunch of h/ hair |
| mawwenomon | s/he holds its hair in bunch |
| mawwikhal | s/he draws or photographs h/ as part of group; (mawwikha) s/he draws or photographs them as group |
| mawwikhike | s/he lists, writes list, compiles; s/he writes (numbers) for purpose of adding; (dual and plural forms) they write together |
| mawwikhikoney | (mathematics) numeral, digit, number |
| mawwikhomon | s/he lists it; s/he writes it (number) for purpose of adding, s/he adds or totals it up (sum); (plural forms) they write it together; s/he draws or photographs it as part of group |
| mayel | mile (mainly Wol) |
| Maykol | Michael |
| mcossol, mcossolewey | (see pcossol, pcossolewey) |
| me- | (see also entries beginning with m-, ma-, mi-, mo-, p-) |
| mec, mec-ote | still, yet; keeping on |
| mecahkomiksit | grouch, ill-tempered person |
| mec-al | (measure, number, quantity) approximately, about |
| mecamit | (baseball; pitch outside strike zone) ball |
| meccokiye | s/he, it rots |