The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| moskomon | s/he finds it, discovers it |
| moskomuwan | s/he finds something belonging to h/ |
| moskotpawolal | s/he scares h/ causing h/ to defecate |
| moskuwal | s/he finds h/ |
| moskuwecinon | s/he pierces skin with it, gets splinter from it (especially in sole of foot); (ai) h/ skin is pierced by or with something sharp (nail, glass, splinter, thorn, etc.) |
| mosonal | s/he gets h/, obtains h/; (chasing, grabbing) s/he catches h/ |
| mosonomon | s/he gets it, obtains it; (chasing, grabbing) s/he catches it |
| mosonomuwan | s/he catches or gets something belonging to h/; s/he gets it from h/ |
| mosonomuwewal | s/he gets or catches for h/ |
| mosop | back side of h/ hip; h/ lower back; place of contact when s/he sits down |
| mosopine | s/he has hip pain or lower back pain; s/he has sciatica |
| mosqon | (body part) h/ chest (Wol) |
| mossahkonahtehsinon | (see 'possahkonahtehsinon) |
| mossihtun | s/he has plenty of it; (by implication) s/he has enough of it |
| mossisol | h/ older sister |
| mossisuwiw | she is an older sister; s/he has an older sister |
| mossiyal | s/he has plenty of h/; (by implication) s/he has enough of h/ |
| mossolocehs | (bird, Tyrannus tyrannus) eastern kingbird |
| mosson 1 | muck |
| mosson 2 | (tree, Betula alleghaniensis) yellow birch |
| mossonisey | something made from yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis); (inanimate) a drink prepared from the bark of this tree |
| mostuhkomon | s/he deserves it, has it coming and gets it (punishment, bad consequence, etc.) |
| mot- | (see also entries beginning with 't-; e.g., 'tutomesku) |
| Motahkomikuk | in, at, to Peter Dana Point, on Big Lake, Indian Township, Maine; (more generally) in, at, to Indian Township, Maine |
| motahkomiqew | person from Peter Dana Point, Indian Township, Maine |