The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| pqiptes | autumn leaf that has changed color |
| pqiptesuwiw | (in autumn landscape) the leaves are changing color |
| pqiqe | s/he has a red face |
| pqiqehe | s/he blushes, is flushed; h/ face turns red |
| pqi-sepawiw | the morning sky is red, there is red sunrise |
| pqishike | s/he sews, mends, darns, patches |
| pqiyamkessu | s/he, it crumbles, is friable; pieces fall off or wash off h/, it (e.g., plaster, sandstone) |
| pqiyamkeyu | (cup, tile, tooth, etc.) s/he, it chips |
| pqiyamkis | sand |
| pqiyamkiye | s/he, it crumbles |
| pqocesu | (food) s/he is browned; (person) s/he is tanned or sunburned |
| pqocete | (food) it is browned |
| pqocokiptine | h/ hands are red from having handled red substance (paint, lipstick, beets, etc.) |
| pqolaqtunuhusu | s/he puts on lipstick |
| pqolaqtunuhusut | (cosmetic) red lipstick |
| pqolu | (tree) h/ bark comes off easily |
| pqom | ice |
| pqomankuwet | iceman, ice vendor |
| pqomis | hailstone, icicle |
| pqomisiye | it is hailing; there is an ice-storm or any precipitation in the form of pellets of ice and/or hard snow |
| pqomus | (tree, Larix laricina) American larch, hackmatack, tamarack |
| pqomuwessu | it is turning into ice |
| pqonahqehtasu | (something stick-like) s/he, it is peeled |
| pqonamkihtihikon | chisel (for cutting wood or rock) |
| pqonamkiye | (bread, ice, wall, rock, etc.) s/he, it crumbles, erodes by crumbling |