The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| monehlosu | s/he releases self, unfastens self, extricates self |
| monehtasu | it is taken off, is removed |
| monehtun | s/he takes it off, takes it out, removes it |
| monehtuwan | s/he takes it off h/ |
| monekhucuwole | s/he takes clothes off clothesline |
| monekhutun | s/he takes it off hook, etc.; s/he takes it off clothesline (garment, bed-sheet, etc.) |
| monekisomon | s/he cuts it out (from piece of cloth, paper, etc.) |
| Moneskatik | in, to, at Bar Harbor, Maine |
| monesse | s/he digs clams |
| monessu | s/he gets off, gets out of trap; (tar, chewing gum) s/he peels off |
| monewolal | s/he removes h/ bit by bit, removes h/ a piece at a time; (with plural direct object) s/he removes them one at a time, picks them one by one |
| monewotun | s/he picks it off something (one by one; bean, berry, etc.) |
| moneyu | (part, attachment) s/he, it has become detached, is not attached |
| monhi-npisunke, monhi-'pisunke | s/he picks medicine here and there |
| monhipomahmon | s/he skims grease or oil from surface of it |
| monhipomalal | s/he removes cream from surface of h/ (milk) |
| monhipomatomon | s/he skims grease or oil from surface of it |
| monhipomatomuwan | s/he removes grease from the surface of something belonging to h/ |
| monhiqe | s/he peels bark |
| monhomon | s/he skims it off |
| monhomuwan | s/he skims off something belonging to h/ |
| monhomuwewal | s/he skims (fat, cream, etc.) for h/ |
| moni (mon-) | off, removing; here and there, now and then |
| monihpusu | s/he comes off as result of vibration; s/he shakes loose |
| monihq | island |