The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| sankihiw | calmly, quietly |
| 'sanku | thirteen |
| 'sankuwewey | thirteenth (in number), thirteenth one |
| 'sanokahte | (book, etc.) it has three sections in form of layers, it has three pages |
| sansansasi-kihkaniyehsis | sparrow (possibly white-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis) |
| Sapa | male or female nickname |
| sapacomu | s/he promises |
| 'sapalokihtehmon | s/he stabs it right through |
| sapamkolenoma | s/he starts fire and keeps it burning |
| sapan | porridge |
| 'sapapomal | s/he looks through h/, sees through h/, s/he understands h/ perfectly |
| sapapotom | s/he sees solution or resolution (to problem) |
| 'sapapotomon | s/he sees or looks through it; s/he understands it perfectly, sees what's involved in it (e.g., math problem) |
| 'sapaqtahal | s/he spears h/, pierces h/ using sharp object or tool |
| 'sapaqtehmon | s/he pierces it with sharp object or tool (e.g., driving nail through board) |
| sapaqtihikon | (fishing) salmon spear with chisel-like blade |
| sapaqtuhusu | s/he stabs or pierces self all the way through (so that tip of weapon or instrument comes out other side) |
| sapaqtuhusut | sword, bayonet, spear, skewer |
| Sapatis | Sabattis, Sabattus; Jean-Baptiste |
| 'sapatpemal | s/he gets it through h/ head (i.e., makes h/ understand) |
| sapawsu | s/he survives, lives through (something) |
| sapawtosson | a road or path goes through |
| sapessu | s/he, it goes through; (ai) s/he has diarrhea |
| Sapet | Elizabeth |
| sapeyu | s/he is extremely sensitive to touch (in part of body); s/he is sore, is tender |