The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| siccokaqote | (something soft, e.g., oatmeal, meat, egg) it cooks on, sticks when cooking |
| 'siccokehlal | s/he sticks h/ on in one spot |
| 'siccokehtun | s/he sticks it on in one spot |
| siccokekte | it is stuck on in layer (e.g., egg in frying pan) |
| 'siccokonahmon | s/he plasters it down, sticks it onto something (hair, plastic covering, etc.) |
| siccoqe | it is stuck on, it adheres |
| sicessu | s/he goes right next to (something); (pitched baseball) s/he is inside pitch (too close to batter) |
| sici (sic-, sit-) | touching, up against, adjacent to; attaching |
| 'sicihqehmon | s/he pastes it on, pastes it onto (something) |
| 'sicihtun | s/he nails it (to something) |
| 'sicikomon | s/he sews it onto (something) |
| sicikon | it grows onto something (adhering, bonding); (plural) they grow together (becoming joined to each other) |
| 'sicikuwal | s/he sews h/ onto (something) |
| 'sicimanol, 't-ahsicimanol | s/he says or discloses that s/he (someone else) is going around with another person as a couple (see examples) |
| sici-napici-kolomu | s/he, it sticks on close, hangs solidly close (e.g., coat, very close to wall, secured on hook so that it is hard to remove it) |
| sici-napici-kolte | it sticks on close; it hangs solidly close |
| sici-nickisu | s/he heals onto something; (figurative usage) s/he becomes closely attached to someone |
| 'siciptun | s/he touches it quickly (e.g., hot iron) |
| siciw | touching, up against, adjacent to, attached to, very close to |
| siciye | s/he, it goes up to something (e.g., boat up to buoy or wharf) |
| sicuhse | s/he walks closer (to something); s/he walks along very close (to something; e.g., hugging the wall) |
| sihhom | (see osihhom) |
| sihkalokonishasu | it is perforated, it is fashioned with holes in it |
| 'sihkalokonishomon | s/he perforates it; s/he fashions it with holes in it (basket, fabric, lace, mesh, etc.) |
| sihkimin | (fruit of Vaccinium vitis-idaea) rock or mountain cranberry, lingonberry |