The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 't-oli-qecehtun | s/he is trying to do it |
| 't-oliqenal | s/he rolls h/ (ball, etc.) |
| 't-oliqenomon | s/he rolls it (rock, etc.) |
| 't-oliqenomuwan | s/he rolls it to h/; s/he rolls something belonging to h/ |
| 't-oliqsenomon | (see 't-olaksenomon) |
| 't-oliqsuhutun, 't-oliqsuhutuwal, etc. | (see 't-olaksuhutun, 't-olaksuhutuwal, etc.) |
| 't-olitahamal | s/he thinks about h/, thinks thus of h/ |
| 't-olitahatomon | s/he thinks about it, thinks thus of it |
| 't-oli-tpahmuwal | (permission, prediction) s/he gives h/ certain amount of time |
| 't-oliwihtomon | s/he calls it (by a name), s/he names it |
| 't-oliwihtomuwan | s/he names something belonging to h/ |
| 't-oliwiyal | s/he calls h/ (by a name), s/he names h/ |
| 't-oli-wolitahatomon | s/he is approving of it, is agreeing to do it, is thinking positively about it |
| 't-oliyal | s/he makes h/, makes h/ in that way; s/he affects h/ |
| 't-oliyamal | s/he goes to h/ |
| 't-oliyatomon | s/he goes to it |
| oliye 1 | s/he goes there |
| oliye 2 | it goes there |
| 't-oliyewal | s/he goes there for h/ |
| oliyusu | s/he makes self; s/he affects self; it is h/ own fault, s/he has only self to blame |
| olka | s/he dances thus |
| olkamu | s/he weighs so much |
| olkawotuwok, lihkawotuwok | they (two) walk there, walk thus |
| olkesawe | s/he tills, s/he plows thus (soil, garden, field, etc.) |
| 't-olkihkatomuwewal | s/he is planting for h/ |