The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| nattehmon | s/he goes (comes) to cut or chop it (wood); s/he goes (comes) to pick it (berry, fiddlehead, etc.) |
| nattomhe, nattomehe | s/he goes (comes) to go sliding (on sled) |
| nattomimal | s/he goes (comes) to hire h/ |
| nattupi | US Department of Agriculture surplus food distributed to needy families (Pesk) |
| nattutuwe | s/he goes (comes) to build fire |
| natuhkomenal | s/he feels for and picks off nits (or other parasites) from h/ head |
| natuhkomensu | s/he feels around for nits in own hair |
| natuhtehkawe | s/he is feeling around (for something) by tapping with foot |
| natuhtihike | s/he is feeling around by tapping (e.g., with cane, with pole) |
| natunike | (in dark, in fog) s/he gropes way along, feels around, gropes |
| natunomon | s/he gropes for it, feels around for it |
| natuptun | s/he grabs it or catches it without seeing it (by chance) |
| natuwikhike | s/he goes (comes) to write or draw or take photographs |
| natuwinalal | s/he goes (comes) to pick h/ (berry, etc.) |
| natuwisu | s/he goes (comes) to pick berries |
| natuwisuwewal | s/he goes (comes) to pick berries for h/ |
| natuwole | s/he goes (comes) to carry load |
| natuwosu | s/he goes (comes) to get warm |
| nawalokahte | (hole) it has no end; (well, etc.) it is bottomless pit |
| nawinaqot | it appears to be far away; it looks vast or endless |
| nawiw | among |
| nawkusu | s/he falls farther and farther back in line, falls farther behind |
| nawtaqot | it sounds as if it is far away, its sound comes from far away |
| nawtaqsu | s/he sounds far away |
| nawtelomon | s/he shoots it at great distance |