The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 'piscokhomon | s/he forces it in |
| 'piscokhomuwan | s/he stuffs something belonging to h/ |
| piscokhusu | s/he worms self in; s/he butts in, interferes, meddles |
| piscokiye | s/he sinks into mud, buries self in mud |
| 'piscoktahal | s/he hits into h/ |
| 'piscoktehmon | s/he hits into it |
| 'piscomutolal | s/he drowns h/ |
| piscope | s/he drowns |
| 'piscopolal | s/he drowns h/ |
| 'piscopotun | s/he drowns it |
| 'pisehlal | s/he puts h/ in, inserts h/ |
| 'pisehtun | s/he puts it in, s/he inserts it |
| 'pisehtuwan | s/he inserts something belonging to h/; s/he inserts it into h/ |
| pisessu | s/he goes in |
| pisewestuwakon | microphone |
| 'pisewotahsin | s/he inserts it, puts it into (something) |
| 'pisewotun | s/he puts it in and arranges it, loads it in |
| pisi (pis-) | into; passing through boundary (doorway, hole, border, etc.) |
| pisihikoniw | it is (or there is) cove or inlet |
| 'pisihputun | s/he works it into (something), pushes it in little by little |
| pisikpenike | (basketmaking) s/he is securing folded end(s) of stander(s) by tucking into weave of basket |
| pisipiqe | there is inlet (cove, gulf, bay, estuary) |
| pisiptinessu | s/he sticks hand in quickly |
| pisiptinewu | s/he puts hand into (something) |
| 'pisi-punal | s/he inserts h/, puts h/ into (something) |