The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| pasicituwiye | (bird, pilot) s/he flies over (something) |
| pasiciw | moving or extending over or to the other side of something |
| 'pasici-wihqehtun | s/he takes more than s/he should (e.g., farmer moving fence into neighbor's property and claiming it as own); s/he takes inordinate amount of it |
| pasicossin | s/he lies across, lies over, lies hanging over edge (of something) |
| pasicuhse | s/he walks over (something; e.g., boundary, mound) |
| pasitakomitehe | (liquid) s/he, it boils over |
| pasitaksehe | s/he, it hangs over (something) |
| Pasitamkiyak | in, at, to Passadumkeag, Maine |
| pasitamkopu | (container) s/he is overflowing with berries, apples, nuts, etc.; (plural forms: animate) they overflow their container |
| pasitamu | s/he, it falls over the edge (involuntarily) |
| pasitapekessu | s/he crawls over something quickly |
| pasitapeku | s/he crawls over something |
| 'pasithal | (marksman) s/he overshoots h/, shoots over h/ (i.e., misses h/ by shooting too high) |
| 'pasithomon | (marksman) s/he overshoots it, shoots over it (i.e., misses it by shooting too high) |
| pasitkawotuwok | they (two) walk over (something; e.g., boundary) |
| 'pasitkomon | s/he drives it over something (e.g., car over embankment) |
| pasitoluhke | s/he works overtime |
| pasitoluhkewiw | it works overtime |
| pasitpe | (liquid) it overflows |
| 'pasittahal | s/he hits h/ over something (e.g., baseball over fence) |
| 'pasittehmon | s/he hits it over something |
| pasittehson | it goes over edge and strikes or lands; (train, boxcar, etc.) it derails |
| pasittokku | s/he jumps over (something) |
| pasituhucin | s/he leans over something |
| pasitulom | (in playing altestakon, the traditional dice game) h/ marker falls off plate when plate is slammed (and therefore does not count in determining points); (in playing cribbage) his peg falls off the board |