The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| olomi-kakawiye | s/he, it accelerates, gains speed |
| olomi-kipiye | s/he falls over falling away from here |
| olomikomuhse | s/he walks away going out of sight; (sun, moon) s/he is setting |
| olomikoton | (year) it goes on, it goes by |
| olomiksihke, olomiksihka | s/he hurries away on foot |
| 't-olomi-nawapotomon | s/he watches it as it moves farther and farther away, watches it fading away or going out of sight in the distance |
| 't-olomi-nawsotomon | s/he hears it or listens to it as it moves farther and farther away, hears its sound fading away in the distance |
| olomi-nawtaqot | it sounds farther and farther away |
| olomintu | s/he sings as s/he goes away, s/he continues singing |
| 't-olomiphal | s/he takes or carries h/ away |
| 't-olomiphoqalal | s/he follows h/ away |
| 't-olomiphoqatomon | s/he follows it away |
| olomiphuwe | s/he runs away, flees |
| olomi-pisessu | s/he, it goes in while continuing to move, goes in while facing or moving away from speaker, continues going in, continues making way in |
| olomipisokiw | away into the woods, away into bushes |
| 't-olomiptun | s/he carries it away, carries it as s/he heads away |
| 't-olomi-punomon | s/he places it farther away, s/he lays it down (from its standing position) |
| olomi-qasku | s/he runs away |
| olomiqehe | s/he, it rolls away |
| olomi-siciye | s/he it goes away and goes up to something (somewhere else) |
| olomituwiye | (bird, pilot) s/he flies away |
| olomiw | away |
| olomi-wakcuhucin | s/he bends down facing away |
| 't-olomi-wiciyawtomon, 't-olomi-wiciyewtomon | s/he goes away with it (e.g., circus); s/he s/he continues taking part in it |
| olomi-wiciye | s/he goes away with other(s) |