The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| nutekhucehtahsit | hangman |
| nutekhutahsit | hangman |
| nutekimal | s/he tells or orders h/ to go out, calls to h/ to come out |
| nutekon | (hair, etc.) it grows out |
| nute-kpahal | s/he locks h/ out |
| nute-kpahmon | it is shuts it out, closes it out, locks it out |
| nutekpenike | (basketmaking) s/he is folding top of stander(s) to outside of unfinished basket (once desired height has been achieved, before fitting hoop to rim) |
| nutekpenomon | (basketmaking) s/he folds back the standers (vertical splints) of it (unfinished basket; i.e., folds them to the outside, before positioning rim at top) |
| nuteksit | sailor, seaman, yachtsman |
| nute-ksomahkalal | s/he pushes h/ out |
| nute-ksomahkan | s/he pushes it out |
| nute-ksomiphal | s/he pushes or shoves h/ out |
| nute-ksomiptun | s/he pushes it out (through opening) |
| nute-ksomonal | s/he pushes h/ out (using steady motion, e.g., on wheelchair); s/he pushes h/ out with hand(s) |
| nute-ksomonomon | s/he pushes it out (using steady motion, e.g., wheelchair); s/he pushes it out with hand(s) |
| nuteku | s/he grows out |
| nutekuhuke | s/he, it floats out |
| nutelatom | s/he breathes out, exhales |
| nuteloksehlal | s/he disembowels h/, cuts out h/ intestines; cleans h/ (game animal, fish, bird, etc.) |
| nutelomuwet | joker, jester, comedian |
| nuteluwehe | s/he goes out angry |
| nutenal | s/he puts h/ out, holds h/ out (through window, door, etc.); s/he evicts h/, exiles h/, excommunicates h/ |
| nutenikalal | s/he carries h/ out on shoulder (log, etc.) |
| nutenikatomon | s/he carries it out on shoulder (wood, etc.) |
| nutenike | s/he carries firewood out (out of woods, out of woodshed, etc.) |