The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| withokemal | s/he has feeling or sensation in h/ (body part); s/he feels sorry for h/, feels h/ pain |
| withoketomon | s/he has feeling or sensation in it (body part); s/he feels sorry for it, feels its pain |
| witimiye | s/he attends church |
| witka | s/he goes to a dance, dances with others |
| witkosutuwok | they (two) are sleeping together, one with head at foot of bed |
| witkul | h/ eyebrow |
| witokehkimal | s/he teaches h/ with others, includes h/ among students s/he is teaching |
| witokimqot | it is included in count |
| witokitomon | s/he includes it in counting or reading |
| witoluhkamal | s/he works with h/ |
| witoluhkatomon | s/he works with it (material, substance, etc.) |
| witoluhke | s/he works with others, s/he is co-worker |
| witoqonal | s/he includes h/; s/he implicates h/ in crime committed by others; arrests h/ as accessory to crime; finds h/ guilty by association |
| witqepu | s/he sits with other(s) |
| witqewey | tweezers |
| witsawe | s/he cuts with others |
| witsehkehsicik, witsehkesticik | (archaic; two women or girls) sisters; (singular, witsehkehsit only) sister |
| witsehkehsu | (archaic) she is a sister (sibling) |
| witsehkehsuwol | (archaic) her sister, her female cousin |
| witsehkestuwok | (archaic) they (two) are sisters; (women, girls) they are cousins to each other |
| witte | it is with (something else) |
| wiwcossuwatpe, wiwcossatpe | s/he has curly hair |
| wiwhonikatomon | s/he carries it on shoulder with arm around it; s/he carries it around on shoulder (around town or room, etc.) |
| wiwhutomon | s/he puts it on back (in order to carry it) |
| wiwilomeq | snail, slug; (in oral tradition) name of a slug-like or snail-like water monster |