The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| kawaskahkomike | it is rough terrain (uneven surface) |
| kawaskeyu | (bark, etc.) s/he, it has rough surface |
| kawaskikon | it is rough terrain (uneven surface; especially in appearance, e.g., as seen from above) |
| kawaskiku | s/he is rough to the touch, is rough in appearance; (person) s/he is rough in appearance |
| kawaskomomqot | (hairbrush, floor-brush) it feels stiff and bristly |
| kawaskomtu | s/he behaves roughly, is boisterous or rowdy |
| kawaskotonihke | (mountain terrain) it is rough, rocky |
| kawasqoton | (ice on lake, etc.) it has frozen with rough surface |
| kawatokot | (cloth; e.g., burlap) its texture is rough |
| kawatokup, kawatokop | spruce beer |
| kawatoq | (tree, Picea mariana) black or bog spruce |
| kawatoqi-poku | spruce gum |
| kawekon | (cloth, paper, etc.) it is coarse or rough to the touch |
| kaweyu | s/he, it is rough to the touch, is rough in texture |
| kawhuwe | s/he has messed up hair; h/ hair is prickly, is standing straight up |
| kawhuwemikot | it feels prickly |
| kawihtuwiw | s/he has prickly whiskers; (man) his face is stubbly |
| kawiksasu | it is rough-sawn; it has burr or rough edge from being sawn |
| kawis | bur, thistle; (plant of genus Arctium) burdock |
| kawishasu | (plant) it has burs growing on it; (person, animal, garment) s/he, it has burs stuck on it |
| kawisi-minus | (plant, Datura stramonium) jimsonweed (also called thorn-apple) |
| kawisimus | bramble bush, thorn tree (species uncertain, perhaps various); large burdock or thistle plant |
| kawisomeq | (fish, Pungitius pungitius) ninespine stickleback |
| kawisuwiw | s/he, it is prickly |
| kawiyuhuke | s/he is stuck with porcupine quills |