The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| ptoqilc | fist |
| ptosusu | s/he accidentally cuts self |
| ptuhusu, 'pothusin | (ai) s/he snags self; (ai+obj) s/he accidentally hooks self with it (e.g., fish-hook) |
| pucamoss | (flying toy) kite |
| puccokpe | (see puscokpe) |
| pucikhasik | in the corner, at the corner |
| pucikhasu | it has a corner |
| pucoqossu, pucokossu | s/he drowns |
| puhk- | (see also entries beginning with opq-) |
| puhkakon | (fish, Morone americana) white perch |
| puhkalokahson | it is a little hole, it has a little hole in it |
| puhkalokahsu | s/he has a little hole |
| puhkalokiqahsu | s/he has beady eyes |
| puhkalokiqewu | s/he squints |
| puhkalokotune | s/he has small mouth |
| 'puhkamkehlal | s/he overfills h/ (container, with berries, apples, nuts, sugar, sand, pebbles, etc.; pipe, with tobacco) |
| puhkamkesk | at sandy narrows (passage narrowed by silting); (cap.) to, at such a place on the western shore of Schoodic Lake |
| puhkamkopu | (container) s/he is over-full with berries, apples, nuts, etc. |
| puhkanesikon | ham bone (for soup) |
| puhkehsimut, puhkehsimutiyey | (see opqehsimut, opqehsimutiyey) |
| puhkes | maggot |
| puhkiluwaney | kidney as meat dish |
| puhkiluwanine | s/he has kidney disease |
| 'puhkiluwanumol, 'puhkiluwanomol | h/ kidney |
| puhkonikciyehta | (berry-picker) s/he barely covers bottom of container |