The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| ponapsqatop | person who is slow to understand |
| ponapsqatpat | person who is slow to understand |
| ponapsqehs | (fish) chub |
| ponapsqey | something made of rock; (inanimate) (Polypodium virginianum) polypody, rock fern; (Cryptogramma stelleri) rock brake, slender cliffbrake |
| ponapsqihike | s/he throws stones |
| ponapsqis | stone, pebble |
| ponapsqisamq | gravel |
| ponapsqiye | s/he turns to stone |
| ponapsqotone | (ai; mountain, chain of mountains) s/he is rocky; (ridge) it is rocky |
| ponapsqotonesu | (mountain, chain of mountains) s/he is rocky |
| Ponat | Bernard |
| ponatom | she lays egg(s) |
| ponatomuwi-kisuhs | (name for month in lunar calendar approximating April) |
| ponekute | (changing residence) s/he moves downstairs |
| 'poneqahkalal | s/he throws h/ down |
| 'poneqahkan | s/he throws it down |
| 'poneqahkewan | s/he throws it down to h/ |
| poneqahtuwehtikon | dimmer switch for headlights |
| poneqahtuwehtuwal | s/he dims headlights for h/ (oncoming driver) |
| poneqamkiye | it crumbles and the particles fall (e.g., peeling paint flakes settle on floor, wind-eroded sandstone grit accumulates on ground below cliff) |
| poneqamu | s/he, it falls from a high place (involuntarily) |
| 'poneqapomal | s/he looks down at h/ (from higher place) |
| 'poneqapotomon | s/he looks down at it (from higher place) |
| poneqatuwe | s/he climbs down |
| poneqcokuhsewiw | (molasses, lava, wax, fresh paint, etc.) it slowly moves or flows down |