The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| opaninut | bread box |
| opanke | s/he mixes bread dough, makes bread |
| opantimimey | bread and tea and pork fat and molasses eaten together as meal |
| 't-opapskot | (chicken, etc.) h/ gizzard |
| 't-opehlal | s/he seats h/ |
| opessu | s/he sits down quickly |
| opihtasu | (house) it is still lived in |
| opihtom | s/he continues to occupy house, still lives there |
| 't-opihtomon | s/he occupies it (house, seat, etc.) |
| opocil | (see ipocol) |
| 't-opokahmon | s/he weights it down (to keep it flat) |
| opokekon | (cloth, paper) it is flat, is flattened |
| opokeku | s/he is flat, is flattened |
| opokocokopu | (tire, something soft) s/he is flat, is flattened |
| opolahs- | (see entries beginning with apolahs-) |
| opos 1 | stick, pole |
| opos 2 | tree (mainly Motahkomikuk) |
| oposakson | wooden shoe |
| oposenta | sundog, parhelion |
| 't-oposihtahal | s/he hits h/ with stick, flogs or canes h/ |
| 't-oposihtehmon | s/he hits it with stick |
| oposikuwam | wooden house, frame house |
| oposisey | something made of small pieces of wood |
| oposiyahqem | pole; (weapon) club |
| oposiyahqin | tree giant, green giant |