The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| wikkiskot | it is always storming |
| wikossomu | s/he drinks alcoholic beverages often, s/he is a drunk or drunkard |
| wikossomuwin | drunkard, alcoholic |
| wikossu | (child) s/he plays |
| wikp | (tree, Fraxinus nigra; wood of this tree) black ash, basket ash (locally also called brown ash); (basketmaking) strip of ash, ash splint |
| wikpahqem | core of black ash log (part that remains after basket splints have been removed) |
| wikpihke | s/he harvests ash trees (for basketmaking) |
| wikpolahsal | s/he smokes h/ (food) |
| wikpolahsomon | s/he smokes it (food) |
| wikpolastike | s/he smokes (meat) |
| wikpolastikon | ham, smoked shoulder, any cut of smoked meat (beef, pork, porpoise, etc.) |
| wikpolastun | s/he smokes it (treats meat, fish, etc. to preserve it) |
| wikpolastuwan | s/he smokes something belonging to h/ (meat, fish, etc.) |
| wikposs | black ash tree or wood that is not usable (e.g., scrap; log or piece of poor quality; surplus due to poor market, as when ash scale-baskets were replaced by mass-produced plastic baskets) |
| wiksakihwe | s/he likes to watch television or movie |
| wiku | (resident) s/he dwells, resides, lives |
| wikut | camping place |
| wikuwacehtun, wihqacehtun | s/he likes to do it |
| wikuwacehtuwan, wihqacehtuwan | s/he likes to do it for h/, enjoys doing it for h/ |
| wikuwaceyu, wihqaceyu | it is fun, it is a pleasure |
| wikuwaci (wikuwac-, wikuwat-); wihqaci (wihqac-, wihqat-) | having fun, enjoying, liking |
| wikuwaci-cikawiyal, wihqaci-cikawiyal | s/he likes to tease h/ |
| wikuwacihponosu, wihqacihponosu | s/he likes to fight, is quarrelsome or pugnacious |
| wikuwacihtun, wihqacihtun | s/he likes to make it, enjoys making it |
| wikuwacihtuwal, wihqacihtuwal | s/he likes to do things for h/, likes to make h/ happy |