The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| kcicihtomuwinuwiw | s/he is well-educated, is knowledgeable person |
| kcicihtu | s/he knows |
| kcicihtuwin | one who is wise, knowledgeable, intelligent, or intellectual |
| 'kcicihtuwinuwiw | s/he is wise or knowledgeable person, s/he is an intellectual |
| kci-coqols | bullfrog |
| kci-ehpit | mature woman, adult woman; great woman |
| kcihkomi-psonopu | (container) s/he, it is filled to overflowing (with non-liquid; e.g., berries, ashes) |
| kcihkomi-psonpe | (container) s/he, it is filled to overflowing with liquid |
| kcihkomi-psonte | it is filled to overflowing (with non-liquid) |
| kcihkuhtak | toward the woods, toward the forest |
| kcihpolahqakon | wooden pothook |
| kcihq | woods, forest |
| kcihqewin | woodsman |
| kcihqi-lamiw | in or inside the forest or woods |
| kcihtomamqehte | (car, bus, dance hall, stadium) it is crowded, crammed full |
| kci-kakak | (bird, Corvus corax) common raven |
| Kci-katapomic | (religion) Great Mystery |
| kci-kcihq | back-woods, deep woods or forest; big forest |
| kci-kisuhs | (name for month in lunar calendar approximating December) |
| kcikotone | s/he is old |
| kci-ktahkomiq | mainland |
| Kci-kuspem, Kci-qospem | Big Lake, at Motahkomikuk, Maine |
| kci-lakutuwakon | important treaty; confederacy; (cap.) Wabanaki Confederacy (term used by LM) |
| kci-lontoq | large lake |
| kci-masqesimin | (fruit of Prunus serotina) black cherry |