The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| tuhtihike | s/he hunts from concealed place, from blind |
| tuhtihikon | (hunting, nature photography) blind |
| tuhtuwas | (tuft of needles at tip of pine bough) pine tip; name of dance in which dancers imitate the movements of a pine tip stood upright on its points on a board or table-top, which is lightly tapped to make the pine tip move; name of the song accompanying this dance; name of game whose object is to keep a pine tip "dancing" without its falling over |
| tukc- | (see also entries beginning with toqc-) |
| tukcokiyak | beer |
| tukcokiye | (liquid) s/he, it foams up |
| tukocu | s/he wakes up cold |
| Tukol | Dugald, Douglas |
| 'tukonehtun | s/he lifts it from one side to look underneath |
| 'tukonehtuwan | s/he raises upright or turns over something belonging to h/ |
| tukotemu, tuktemu | s/he wakes up crying |
| tukpayu | s/he wakes up scared (e.g., from nightmare) |
| 'tuktahal | s/he wakes h/ up by shaking h/, by jarring bed, by dropping something, etc. |
| 'tul | h/ canoe, h/ boat |
| 'tuliw | s/he has boat or canoe |
| 'tuloq | h/ boat |
| Tuma | Thomas, Tom; (as surname) Tomah |
| Tumahqaha | nickname of Tomah Joseph, who lived at Motahkomikuk (died in early 1900s; artist in birchbark; made a canoe for Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| tumahsis, tumahsisey | Tom Francis (Peskotomuhkati name for frybread) |
| 'tun | h/ mouth |
| 'tunaloq | h/ mouth opening, h/ oral cavity |
| 'tunasu | it is accepted (received) |
| tupankakon | mold for making bread, bread pan |
| tupqan | earth, ground, soil, dirt |
| tupqanamke | (an area of land, the ground) it is bare soil, it is sandy |