The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| pol ehqi | not yet!, wait a second!, just a minute! |
| Polenota | Brenda |
| poles | (bird, Zenaidura macroura) mourning dove; (Columba livia) pigeon |
| 'polhal | (shooting) s/he misses h/ |
| polhike | (shooting) s/he misses intended target |
| polhikesku | s/he is bad shot |
| 'polhomon | (shooting) s/he misses it |
| poli (pol-) | missing intended target; failing to hold on to, failing to grasp; failing to perceive or understand |
| 'polilahkalal | s/he throws h/ aside, throws h/ off |
| 'polilahkan | s/he throws it aside, throws it off |
| polilapessu | s/he looks away quickly |
| 'polilaqosomon | (sun) s/he burns it off (fog, mist); (person) s/he burns it off (paint) |
| polilaqote | (mist, fog) it burns off |
| 'polilehlal | s/he removes h/, deposes h/, takes or puts h/ out of the way |
| polilehtasu | it is removed, it is taken out of the way |
| 'polilehtun | s/he takes it away, removes it; s/he moves it out of the way, puts it somewhere else |
| 'polilehtuwan | s/he removes or moves out of the way something belonging to h/ |
| polili (polil-) | moving away; moving out of the way |
| poliliphuwe | s/he runs to get out of the way, runs away to escape being caught |
| poliliptinessu | s/he moves h/ hand out of the way quickly |
| poliliptinewu | s/he moves hand out of the way |
| 'poliltehmon | s/he knocks it out of the way |
| poliluhse | s/he gets out of the way, steps aside |
| 'poliphal | s/he drops h/ (ball, cup, cat, etc.) |
| 'poliptun | s/he drops it |