The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| wapoleyu 2 | it is wrong, is incorrect |
| wapoli (wapol-) | wrong, wrongfully; improperly, incorrectly |
| wapolikon | it is growing wrong; it is wrong shape; it looks wrong; it is the wrong thing |
| wapoli-peciphusu | s/he is led into temptation, is seduced, is led astray |
| wapoli-peciye | s/he arrives at wrong time (child at birth, visitor, etc.) |
| wapoli-sakomawiw | s/he governs unjustly or unfairly, misrules |
| wapolitahasuwakon | wrong thinking; thinking about the wrong thing |
| wapoliye | s/he goes in wrong direction |
| wapolocossawiye | s/he dyes using wrong color, s/he colors incorrectly |
| wapolocossike | s/he dyes using wrong color |
| wapolokonuwe | (cards) s/he misdeals |
| wapololuhke | s/he does wrong; s/he does something incorrectly, commits error, makes mistake |
| wapololuhkewin | criminal, wrongdoer |
| wapolopu | s/he sits in wrong position, sits in wrong place |
| wapolotahke | s/he does wrong |
| wapolotunehe | s/he says something wrong, makes slip of tongue |
| wapoluwikhasu | it is written or drawn incorrectly |
| wapomeq | whitefish |
| waponahkew | Wabanaki, person of the dawn-land |
| waponahki (waponahk-, waponak-) | Wabanaki (includes Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqey, Peskotomuhkati, Penobscot, Abenaki; usually, with reference to these five peoples as a group) |
| Waponahkik | in Wabanaki territory |
| Waponahkiyik | Wabanaki people |
| wapqe | s/he has gray hair |
| Wapsamkuk | to, at Liberty Point, Robbinston, Maine |
| wapskonikonok | at white rock carry; (cap.) in, at, to Baileyville (also called Woodland), Maine |