The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| mahqankatik | in, to sugar-bush (place where maple sap is harvested); (cap.) in, to New Hampshire |
| mahqanomol | h/ sweetheart, h/ sweetie |
| mahqanossomu | s/he drinks something sweet |
| mahqeyutomon | s/he handles it easily (debt, situation, etc.) |
| mahqihtehkomon | s/he easily overcomes it, gets to it or reaches it easily |
| mahqihwan, mahqiywan | s/he lends it |
| mahsi (mahs-, mas-) | (see pahsi) |
| mahsus | (fern shoot) fiddlehead |
| mahsuske | s/he picks fiddleheads |
| Mahta | Martha |
| mahtihikon | lid-lifter for wood- or oil-fired cookstove |
| mahtolet | woman's blouse |
| Mahton | Martin; nickname of David A. Francis (dictionary co-author) |
| mahtoqehs | snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus); (also, in general) rabbit |
| mahtoqehsuwahsom | dog used when hunting hares, rabbit hound |
| mahtoqehsuwi-psan | hare snow is falling |
| ma kahk | (negative choice; see examples) not, but not |
| ma kahk-olu, mahk-olu | anyway, not at all |
| makasan | (retail establishment) store (Wol); (Pesk slang, vulgar) vagina |
| makasanikuwam | store (Wol); brothel (Pesk) |
| makasanke | s/he goes to store (Wol); he goes to brothel (Pesk) |
| makocis 1 | her vagina |
| makocis 2 | oops! |
| Makolit | Margaret, Marguerite |
| makopelomisqiyil | h/ godchild's mother |