The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| wektahasu | s/he, it is broken or damaged by being hit; (ai; as euphemism) she is pregnant |
| wektihike | s/he wrecks, s/he tears down houses; (as euphemism) he gets women pregnant |
| wekuwatpat | hair on top of head; (as trophy) scalp |
| welam | so that, in order that |
| welamit | (baseball) strike pitch |
| Welamukotuk | in, at, to Oromocto First Nation, New Brunswick |
| welaqahtuwet | (astronomy) Venus, evening star |
| welaqik | last night |
| welaqiwik | in the evening |
| Weli-conopekuk | on, to Clearwater Lake, Maine |
| welimahaskil | (Hierochloe odorata) sweetgrass (Wol) |
| wen- | (see also entries beginning with n-, un-, won-) |
| wen | who, whom; someone, anyone; (indefinite person) one |
| wena | who? who is the one? |
| wenatominatpat | crazy person, someone crazy in the head |
| wenatominhoticik etolankeyuhut (etolankeyuwut) | (obsolete) insane asylum |
| wenaw | (absent or deceased person) who, someone; someone unknown |
| wenhuket | silver fox (i.e., red fox in color phase in which black fur is silver-tipped) |
| wenicanket | (person, animal) male |
| wenicansit | (animal, usually mammal) one who bears children; female |
| wenikkokk, wenikkol | (see wenaw) |
| wenisqehs | some woman; what woman, which woman |
| wen-op-al apc | (potentially, possibly) who else, someone else |
| wenuhc | white person, white man; (wenuhcomol) h/ male helper or caregiver |
| wenuhcisqehs | white woman |