The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 'soqskehlal | s/he breaks h/ into pieces; s/he makes change for h/ (coin), cashes h/ (check) |
| soqskehtahsu | (cashier, etc.) s/he makes change, cashes checks |
| 'soqskehtun | s/he breaks it into pieces; s/he makes change for it (money) |
| soqskessu | (ice, glass) s/he, it breaks into small pieces; s/he, it fragments |
| 'soqskewolal | s/he breaks h/ up into pieces (usually, food: bread, fried salt pork, etc.) |
| soqski (soqsk-) | all over, all over the place (i.e., in many different, separate places); (breaking, fragmenting, etc.) into multiple pieces |
| soqskicin | s/he, it is tattered and torn, all scratched up |
| soqski-espe | (container, roof) s/he, it leaks all over |
| 'soqskihtahal | s/he cuts or damages h/ all over (using knife, fist, tool, etc.) |
| 'soqskihtehmon | s/he smashes it to bits |
| 'soqskilomonhal | s/he marks h/ all over with paint |
| 'soqskilomonhomon | s/he marks it all over with paint; s/he makes marks all over (something) by painting with it |
| 'soqskilomonhomuwan | s/he marks something belonging to h/ all over with paint |
| 'soqskinehtun | s/he tears or rips it up, rips it to pieces, rips it to shreds |
| 'soqskinehtuwan | s/he shreds or rips up something belonging to h/ |
| soqskinessu | s/he, it is torn to pieces, is torn to shreds; s/he, it is ripped all over |
| soqski-tomessu | s/he, it breaks apart into small pieces; s/he, it fragments |
| soqskiton | it is all scratched up |
| 'soqskocokinehtun | s/he tears or rips it to pieces (something easily torn or ripped) |
| 'soqskosal | s/he cuts h/ up into pieces |
| 'soqskosomon | s/he cuts it up into pieces |
| 'soqskosomuwan | s/he cuts up something belonging to h/ into pieces |
| 'soqskuwikhal | s/he marks h/ all over with pen, pencil, crayon, etc. |
| 'soqskuwikhomon | s/he marks it all over with pen, pencil, crayon, etc. |
| 'soqskuwikhomuwan | s/he marks something belonging to h/ all over with pen, pencil, crayon, etc. |