The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| kehkikemuwakon | lesson, teaching |
| kehkiketuwakon | teaching, schooling, education, instruction |
| kehkimsu | s/he teaches self; s/he learns |
| kehkitasu | s/he, it is taught; (person) s/he is disciplined |
| kehkitikuwam | (building) school, schoolhouse |
| kehkituwakon | teaching, lesson, lesson-plan |
| kehkituwok (kehkitin) | they teach one another, they have a lesson; (unspecified subject forms) there is school, school is in session; there is a lesson or class |
| kehkoluhtomake | s/he mimics, imitates |
| kehkoluhtomakesku | s/he habitually mimics, imitates; (theater) s/he is actor |
| kehs | so much, so many, so many times; (in questions) how much ...?, how many ...?, how many times ...? |
| 'kehsahqahal | s/he prepares food for h/ so many times; s/he wipes h/ (dish, pot) so many times |
| kehsahqonasu | (length, distance, measure) it is so many yards |
| kehsakisuwok | so many dollars (originally, in coins) |
| kehsalke | s/he digs so much |
| kehsalokamqahk | so many millions |
| kehsamqahk | so many thousands |
| kehsanku | so many -teen |
| kehsanokahte | it has so many pages or layers (e.g., dictionary with sections A-Z) |
| kehsatokot | (something string-like, story, etc.) it is so long; it is so many lengths |
| kehsatq | so many hundreds |
| kehsatqonokosu | (tree) s/he has so many branches |
| kehsewey | (indicates numerical position in sequence) |
| kehsi (kehs-, kes-) | (in measuring or counting) so much, so many; so many times; (in questions) how much ...?, how many ...?; how many times ...? |
| kehsikoton | it is so many years |
| kehsikotone | s/he is so many years old |