The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| moctune | s/he has foul mouth, talks dirty |
| mocuhse | s/he walks badly (due to injury, drunkenness, etc.) |
| mocuhsewiw | (bucksaw, etc.) it moves or functions badly; (work, job, event, etc.) it is going badly; (work, opportunity) it is becoming scarce |
| mocuwe | s/he has messy or disheveled hair |
| mocuwelamsuke | h/ hair is messed up by wind |
| mocuwikhal | s/he takes dirty or lewd photograph of h/ |
| mocuwikhasu | (document, photograph, picture) it is badly written, taken, or drawn; it is sexy or pornographic |
| mocuwikhike | s/he writes poorly, draws poorly, is poor photographer; s/he writes dirty or lewd stories, draws or takes dirty pictures |
| mocuwikhikon, mocuwikhikonoss | (cards) non-trump card; (mocuwikhikon) dirty or lewd book, magazine, picture, etc. |
| mocuwikhomon | s/he writes it poorly, draws it poorly, takes poor photograph of it; s/he writes or draws or photographs it (something dirty or lewd) |
| mok | scab |
| mokahk | (fish) striped bass, sea bass, black bass |
| mokahkehke | (fishing) s/he spears or catches bass |
| mokahkewihqan | (Aralia racemosa) American spikenard, life-of-man; root of this plant; (Aralia nudicaulis) wild sarsaparilla |
| mokahkiqe | s/he has chapped skin on face |
| mokahkiye | (ai) s/he has chapped skin; (ai & ii) h/, its skin is chapped |
| mokalhike | (see okalhike) |
| mokalip | caribou (Wol; probably woodland caribou, Rangifer caribou) |
| Mokaluwahkakomek | on, at, to East Magurrewock Lake, near Red Beach, Maine |
| moke (mokiy-) | in abundance, in great quantity |
| mokehpu | s/he eats a lot, has voracious appetite, is edacious |
| mokehsomin | s/he drinks a lot of it (any beverage), is able to drink a lot of it |
| mokehtahal | s/he wins a lot from h/; (with plural direct object) s/he picks or gathers a lot of them (berries, clams, etc.) |
| mokehtehmon | s/he gets a lot of it, picks or gathers a lot of it, wins a lot of it |
| mokehtehmuwal | s/he wins a lot from h/ |