The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| pistehsin | s/he falls in and lands on something |
| 'pistestun | s/he knocks it in; s/he drops it or lets it fall into something (unintentionally) |
| Pistoqahak | name of tidal inlet between Carlow Island and Quoddy Village (near Sipayik); name also gives to the railroad bridge formerly at this location, also called Third Bridge |
| pistoqehe | (river, tidal inlet) it flows in |
| 'pisun, npisun | medicine (of any kind) |
| 'pisunke | s/he harvests or gathers medicinal plants, prepares medicines, fills prescriptions |
| pisute | (changing residence) s/he moves in |
| 'pisuwahqimal | s/he gives false information about h/, bears false witness against h/ |
| pisuwalokiqehe | s/he is hallucinating, is "seeing things" |
| pisuwapesu | s/he gets paid for work not done, gets paid for doing nothing |
| pisuwapiqe | s/he hallucinates, sees something that is not there |
| pisuwapiqehe | s/he hallucinates, sees something that is not there (e.g., when taking drugs or when suffering from fever); s/he sees falsely (e.g., hunter who erroneously believes s/he sees a deer) |
| pisuwapotom | s/he hallucinates, sees things that aren't there |
| pisuwawsu | s/he freeloads, lives off others |
| pisuwewestu | s/he talks to no purpose, blathers |
| pisuwi (pisuw-) | pointlessly, for no apparent reason, without purpose, to no effect, in vain; falsely, fraudulently; (animal, plant) wild; (being, spirit) supernatural; (commerce) without cost, free, gratis |
| 'pisuwihtun | s/he makes it to no purpose (e.g., prospective buyer fails to pay for it) |
| 'pisuwimal | s/he accuses h/ without justification, accuses h/ without evidence |
| 'pisuwi-milan | s/he gives it to h/ for free |
| pisuwimin | wild grape |
| pisuwin | supernatural being, spirit |
| pisuwi-nomihtu | s/he hallucinates, "sees things"; s/he sees something that isn't really there, thinks s/he sees something but doesn't |
| 'pisuwi-nomihtun | s/he sees it even though it isn't really there, s/he thinks s/he sees it (but doesn't); s/he mistakes it for something else when seeing it |
| 'pisuwi-nomiyal | s/he thinks s/he sees h/ but s/he doesn't; s/he mistakes h/ for someone else when seeing h/ |
| 'pisuwinomon | s/he sees it even though it isn't really there |