The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| metekcessoss, metekcessit | locust, grasshopper (Woodstock) |
| meteminokihputek | (plant, Verbascum thapsus) common mullein |
| metessik | (coins) change; (in general) money |
| methom 1 | s/he has run out (has used up supply of something) |
| methom 2 | s/he stops swimming, has stopped swimming |
| methomon | s/he runs out of it (has no more of it, has used it up) |
| metiyamkihputek | rattle |
| metiyanokiyakil | (plant, Hylotelephium telephium; also known as Sedum purpureum or Sedum telephium) live-forever, frog's-belly |
| metka | s/he stops dancing, has finished dancing |
| metkoma | s/he wears out shoes |
| metkomike | (geography) the land comes to an end (e.g., at water); (figuratively) it is the end of the world |
| metkomon | s/he wears it out (clothing) |
| metkonse | s/he has finished gathering driftwood |
| metkuwal | s/he stops affecting h/, no longer affects h/; s/he wears h/ out (garment, clothing) |
| metokehkitin | the school year ends or has ended |
| metokisu | s/he has finished reading or counting |
| metokitom | s/he has finished reading or counting |
| metokitomon | s/he has finished reading or counting it |
| metoqahkome | s/he has run out of clean clothing (i.e., needs to do laundry) |
| metoqiciye | (something floating; figuratively, an island or faraway land) it comes to an end |
| metpektahal | s/he knocks all the liquid out of h/ |
| metpektehmon | s/he knocks all the liquid out of it |
| metsahkihke, metsokihke | s/he plants late |
| metsahqacomu | s/he tells story or reports news late or after the fact |
| metsamihku | s/he gets up late, rises late (from sleeping) |