The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 'papetsakiyal | s/he looks h/ over in detail or carefully, examines h/ |
| Papi | Bobby |
| papkan | popcorn (one kernel) |
| papkawt | road going downriver or downhill |
| papkehloqe | s/he, it floats downstream or downriver |
| papkeyik | downriver |
| papkiw | downriver, downstream; downhill |
| papkiye | s/he, it goes downriver, downstream, downhill |
| papkuhse | s/he walks downriver, downhill |
| papkuwehke | s/he goes downriver to take or get items, to do things, etc. |
| Papolu | (male nickname) Bubba-Lou |
| papskot | stove (Pesk) |
| papun | baboon |
| paqahq- | (see entries beginning with pakahq-) |
| paqahqaha | (see pakahqaha) |
| paqahson | the moon is shining, there is moonlight |
| paqolus | (Heracleum maximum) cow parsnip; root of this plant used as medicine |
| paqte | (liquid) it is thick |
| pashahqe | s/he collects wood |
| pasici (pasic-, pasit-) | moving or extending over or to the other side of something |
| pasicicuwon | (water) it flows over (something) |
| 'pasicikpenomon | (basketmaking) s/he folds the standers (vertical splints) of it over something (e.g., over the binder) |
| 'pasici-nsotuhmon, 'pasici-'sotuhmon | s/he overstates it, overestimates it |
| pasici-pihtewiye | (mug, beer, etc.) s/he, it foams over |
| 'pasici-puskonal | s/he buries h/ on the other side (i.e., outside cemetery fence or wall in unconsecrated ground) |