The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| oqim | (bird, Gavia immer) common loon |
| 't-oqimal | s/he blames h/ |
| 't-oqimuhtuwal | s/he calls to h/ |
| oqimut | lagoon, bay; sheltered harbor, port |
| 't-oqithal | s/he soaks h/ |
| 't-oqithomon | s/he soaks it, steeps it |
| oqiton | canoe |
| 't-oqittun | s/he steers it |
| oqom | louse |
| oqomolcin, ukomolcin | eight |
| oqomolcinewey, ukomolcinewey | something identified by the number eight (e.g., playing card, billiard ball, size eight shoe or garment) |
| oqomolcin kehsamqahk, ukomolcin kehsamqahk | eight-thousand |
| oqomolcin kehsanku, ukomolcin kehsanku | eighteen |
| oqomolcin kehsatq, ukomolcin kehsatq | eight-hundred |
| oqomolcin kehsewey, ukomolcin kehsewey | eighth one |
| oqomolcin kehsinsk, ukomolcin kehsinsk | eighty |
| oqomuwatpe | s/he has head lice |
| oqonasqe | (garden) it is overgrown with weeds; (rock, etc.) it is covered up by plant growth |
| oqoniye | s/he goes there repeatedly |
| oqons | (bird, Phalacrocorax auritus) double-crested cormorant, shag |
| oqt- | (see entries beginning with toqt-; see also qotoput, qotoputiyihike) |
| oqtoput | (see qotoput) |
| os- | (see also entries beginning with s-) |
| 't-osahal | s/he refuses h/, rejects h/, denies h/, excludes h/ |
| 't-osahlal | s/he inhales h/ (cigarette, pipe) deeply and exhales through nose |