The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| nihtawtokiptun | s/he knows how to use it (e.g., chain) |
| nihtol | (see not, nit) |
| nihtunal | s/he accepts h/ (person) |
| nihtunomon | s/he accepts it (i.e., receives it) |
| nihtunomuwan | s/he accepts it from h/ (i.e., receives it from h/) |
| nihtuphal | s/he catches h/ (thrown or falling) |
| nihtuptun | s/he catches it (thrown or falling object) |
| nihtuptuwal | (baseball) s/he hits ball to h/ (fielder), who catches it for an out; s/he hits flyout to h/ |
| nihtuptuwan | s/he catches something belonging to h/ (thrown or falling object) |
| nika | (term of address or nickname, archaic) mother, my mother |
| nikcahke | (animal) s/he digs up ground noisily and angrily |
| nikcahkehtun | (e.g., rutting animal) s/he tears it up (ground) noisily and angrily |
| nikh- | (see 'kapu, khapu) |
| nikihkul | h/ parent |
| nikimu | s/he growls |
| nikiwomolsu | s/he feels uncomfortable (internally; e.g., cold coming on); s/he feels uneasy |
| nikk, niktok, nikt | those, they |
| niktuhkomon | s/he holds it between legs, is astride it |
| niktuhkomuwan | s/he holds between legs something belonging to h/ |
| niktuhkuwal | s/he holds h/ between legs; (wrestling) s/he has scissors-hold on h/ |
| niktuwahqikone | s/he is knock-kneed |
| niktuwahqonehc | spike-horn deer |
| niktuwahte | it is forked, is bifurcated |
| niktuwicuwon | (river, stream) it forks, it divides or comes together |
| Niktuwicuwonuk | in, at, to Whiting, Maine |