The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| sawoni-coqolosqs | (bird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus) bobolink |
| Sayomon | Simon |
| sayonuwiw | s/he signs (writes name) |
| saypa | (numeral) zero |
| se- | (see also entries beginning with ose-, s-, si-, so-, su-) |
| sehkahapiye, sehkehepiye | s/he paddles standing up |
| sehkahasu | it is stood upright |
| sehke | s/he stands, stands up |
| 'sehkehlal | s/he stands h/ upright |
| 'sehkehmon | s/he stands it up, stands it upright |
| 'sehkehtun | s/he stands it up; s/he rights it (something that has fallen over) |
| sehkesson | it stands up |
| sehkessu | s/he, it stands up |
| sehkewiw | it stands (upright) |
| sehkomit | (architecture, building construction) stud |
| sehkomiye | (floating or sliding object) s/he, it stands upright momentarily |
| sehkomu | s/he, it stands upright |
| 'sehkomutun | s/he stands it up, places it upright |
| 'sehkomutuwan | s/he stands upright something belonging to h/ |
| sehpal | (see stehpal) |
| sehsaqosu | s/he cries from getting burned |
| sehselomu | s/he laughs so hard that s/he cries |
| sehsepskotiye | (baby, child) s/he cries from stomach-ache or hunger |
| sehsewestu | s/he weeps as s/he talks, talking makes h/ cry |
| sehsi (sehs-, ses-) | crying, weeping; causing crying or weeping |