The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 'paskalokiqehtahal | s/he hits h/ causing eye to burst or bleed |
| 'paskalokiqehtehkuwal | s/he busts h/ eye by kicking h/ |
| paskamkesson | it breaks into small pieces, shatters |
| 'paskamkihtahal | s/he busts or smashes h/ into pieces by hitting h/ |
| 'paskamkihtehmon | s/he busts or smashes it into pieces by hitting it |
| paskapski-mikikonat | buffalo, bison |
| paskapskonike | s/he breaks lump-like objects with hand(s) (peanuts, rocks); s/he crushes lump-like objects between thumbnails or with hand(s) (lice, nits, fleas; hen's eggs) |
| paskapskonikehehtahsu | s/he dynamites, is dynamiter |
| paskapskonikehtahsu | s/he dynamites, is dynamiter, uses explosives |
| paskaqosu | (baked apple, cake, pie, etc.) s/he bursts or breaks open when being cooked |
| paskaqote | (bean, egg, etc.) it bursts or breaks open when being cooked |
| 'paskatpehtahal | s/he hits h/ and breaks h/ head open (literally or figuratively) |
| 'paskatpehtehmon | s/he hits it and breaks its head open (literally or figuratively) |
| paskelomu | s/he bursts from laughing |
| paskesson | it bursts |
| paskessu | s/he bursts, breaks open |
| paskeyu | s/he, it is broken |
| paski (pask-) | bursting, breaking open; breaking; opening up |
| 'paskicokinehtun | s/he tears it to pieces |
| 'paskihponehtehkuwal | s/he kicks or knees him in testicles ("busting" them) |
| paskihpu | s/he eats so much s/he feels as if s/he is bursting |
| 'paskikomon | s/he bursts it (balloon, berry, etc.) |
| 'paskikuwal | s/he bursts h/ (abscess, pimple, etc.) |
| 'paski-mucoqehlal | s/he cuts h/ open and guts h/, opens h/ and removes h/ entrails (dead animal) |
| 'paskinehtun | s/he tears it apart, tears it open; s/he tears or rips it along perforation |