The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 't-iyalkuwal, 't-alkuwal | drives h/ around (ox, horse, etc.); (with plural direct object) s/he goes around visiting them (people) |
| 't-iyalokimal, 't-alokimal | s/he orders h/ around, gives h/ orders; s/he directs h/ (to do something) |
| 't-iyalokitomon, 't-alokitomon | s/he commands it (ship, military operation, etc.) |
| iyalokittiye | (emphatic) s/he stays right there, stays the hell there |
| 't-iyalonomon, 't-alonomon | s/he goes around holding it |
| 't-iyalonuhmon, 't-alonuhmon | s/he goes around buying it |
| 't-iyalpawolal, 't-alpawolal | s/he goes around chasing h/, chases h/ from place to place |
| 't-iyalpawotun, 't-alpawotun | s/he drives it around (car, boat, etc.) |
| 't-iyalqenal, 't-alqenal | s/he controls h/, orders h/ around, tells h/ what to do and what not to do, henpecks h/ |
| 't-iyalqenomon, 't-alqenomon | s/he controls it |
| 't-iyaltehkomon, 't-altehkomon | s/he kicks it around |
| 't-iyaltehkuwal, 't-altehkuwal | s/he kicks h/ around |
| iyap | (see yap) |
| iyaw | (see iyey) |
| iyey, yey | er ..., uh ..., umm ... (filler sound made when hesitating before saying a noun or verb) |
| iyik, iyok; iyil, iyol | (see iyey) |
| iyu | s/he, it is there |
| 't-iyutomon | s/he says to it; s/he tells it (something) |
| 't-iywal | s/he has h/; s/he does h/, sees to h/ |
| k-, 'k- | (see also entries beginning with nokk-, ok-) |
| 'kacehlal | s/he hides h/ |
| kacehloqe | s/he, it floats out of sight |
| 'kacehtun | s/he hides it |
| kacessu | s/he moves quickly out of sight, hides quickly |
| kaci (kac-, kat-) | hiding, hidden, out of sight, out of view; secretly |