The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| puktewick | liquor |
| puktewickiye | s/he, it turns into liquor by fermentation |
| pulaks | (see note) person of Polish descent, Pole |
| 'pulatiyahal | s/he cleans soot or other burned residue out of h/ (tobacco pipe, chimney, stovepipe); s/he reams h/ out (e.g., plumbing pipe, neck of bottle) |
| 'pulatiyahmon | s/he cleans soot or other burned residue out of it, reams it out (rifle barrel) |
| 'pulatiyihikewal | s/he cleans soot out of chimney or stovepipe for h/ |
| Pulis | Horace |
| pulistuwiw | s/he is foolish |
| pulosahsis | (flower of Rudbeckia hirta) black-eyed susan |
| pulsis | small bowl |
| pulu | ice hockey (game played at Sipayik with yarn-ball puck and alder sticks, usually without ice-skates) |
| pulustik | (Sipayik) stick used for playing ice hockey |
| puluwahkiq | walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) |
| puluwiw, 'puluwiw | s/he plays ice hockey (game played at Sipayik with yarn-ball puck and alder sticks, usually without ice-skates) |
| pun 1 | it is winter |
| pun 2 | last winter |
| 'punal | s/he puts h/, places h/; s/he puts h/ on (shoe, shirt, etc.) |
| punam | (fish, Microgadus tomcod) tomcod, frostfish |
| punamuhkatik | at the place where tomcod (frostfish) are caught; (cap.) in, at, to Pembroke, Maine (in particular, at the outlet of a certain brook there) |
| punamuhke | s/he fishes for tomcod (frostfish) |
| punamuwi-kisuhs | (name for month in lunar calendar approximating December or January) |
| 'punapociyan | s/he relaxes grip on it, lets go of it |
| punasqahtoq | leaf bud |
| punasu | it is put there, is installed; it is donated |
| punawe | s/he sets traps |