The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| esuwapilom | s/he goes back and forth bringing or taking water |
| 't-esuwehtuwan | s/he gives it to h/ in barter, trade, exchange for something else |
| esuwessu | s/he, it goes back and forth |
| 't-esuwewotunol | s/he takes them back and forth (set of objects: clothes, firewood, books, etc.) |
| esuwi (esuw-, esuh-, esu-) | back and forth |
| 't-esuwiphal | s/he takes or carries h/ back and forth |
| esuwiphoqe | s/he follows or chases back and forth |
| 't-esuwiptun | s/he takes or carries it back and forth |
| 't-esuwiptuwan | s/he carries back and forth something belonging to h/ |
| 't-esuwi-siptokehlal | s/he stretches h/ back and forth |
| esuwiw | back and forth |
| esuwiye | s/he, it goes back and forth, commutes |
| esuwonike | s/he goes back and forth carrying or fetching firewood |
| esuwuhse | s/he walks back and forth |
| 't-esuwuhsolal | s/he walks h/ back and forth, walks back and forth holding and soothing h/ (baby) |
| 't-esuwuhulal | s/he goes back and forth ferrying h/ |
| esuwuhutahsu | s/he ferries back and forth |
| 't-esuwuhutun | s/he goes back and forth ferrying it |
| esuwustahsu | s/he walks back and forth holding and soothing baby |
| esuwuwikhomawotuwok | they write back and forth to each other, they correspond |
| et- | (see also entries beginning with ot-, t-) |
| 't-etestehkomon | s/he misses it when s/he goes to meet it (train, bus, etc.) |
| 't-etestehkuwal | s/he misses h/ when s/he goes to meet h/ |
| eth- | (see also entries beginning with ath-) |
| ethom- | (see entries beginning with athom-) |