The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| pecotopolsol | vegetables |
| pectik, petstik | (baseball) bat |
| pecuhse | s/he approaches or arrives walking |
| 'pehenomumol | (archaic) his sister, his female first cousin on father's side |
| pehkacomu | s/he gives account of everything, reveals everything, "comes clean" |
| pehkahqot | (something stick-like) it is upright or vertical, it is clean |
| 'pehkakonutomuwan | s/he tells h/ all about it, tells h/ every detail of it |
| pehkaqsu | (tree trunk, flagpole) s/he is upright or vertical, s/he is clean |
| pehke | (building behind house) shed |
| pehkehkihtone | s/he has nosebleed, has bloody nose |
| 'pehkehkihtonehtahal | s/he bloodies h/ nose by hitting |
| pehkeson | vacation |
| pehkesonuwiw | s/he vacations, takes vacation, is on vacation |
| pehki (pehk-, pek-) | all at same time; completely, thoroughly; clean, cleanly |
| pehkihtahsu | s/he cleans |
| 'pehkihtahsuwewal | s/he is cleaning for h/ |
| pehkihtasu | it is cleaned |
| 'pehkihtun | s/he cleans it |
| 'pehkihtuwan | s/he cleans something belonging to h/ |
| 'pehki-kahsihputun | s/he wipes it clean; s/he rubs it out, erases it completely |
| pehki-kcicihtasu | it is known thoroughly or perfectly; it is known with certainty, is known to be true |
| 'pehki-kcicihtun | s/he knows it thoroughly or perfectly; s/he knows it for certain, knows it to be true |
| pehkikon | it is clean |
| pehkiku | s/he is clean |
| pehki-kuhpehsewiw | s/he makes complete confession, s/he "comes clean" |