The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 't-apenkatomuwewan | s/he pays it for h/ |
| apenkawotin | it is payday |
| apenke | s/he pays |
| 't-apenkektun | s/he pays with it (money, etc.) |
| apenkotasu | s/he is free(d) from the will of another, free from responsibility |
| 't-apenkotomuwan | s/he pays for something belonging to h/ (e.g., something in hock, something s/he purchases for h/) |
| 't-apenkotuwewal | s/he pays (for something) for h/, s/he pays on h/ behalf |
| 't-apenkotuwewtomuwan | s/he pays for it on h/ behalf |
| 't-apenkuwal | s/he pays h/ |
| 't-apenkuwan | s/he pays h/ for it, pays h/ with it |
| apeq | although, even though; despite the fact that |
| apesu | s/he is paid salary or wages |
| 't-aphulal | s/he goes and gets h/ and ferries h/ back (to here), s/he is back from having gone to ferry h/ |
| api (ap-) | having gone and returned; back from having gone (to do something) |
| apicipe | it is Easter |
| 't-apihtun | s/he went and made it, is back from having made it |
| apikcilu | striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) |
| 't-apikciluwehlal | (cribbage) s/he skunks h/ |
| apikciluwewimin | (fruit of Ribes glandulosum) skunk currant |
| apikciyehs | (bird, Phasianus colchicus) ring-necked pheasant |
| 't-apiphal | s/he is back from having gone to get h/ |
| api-pkonahsu | s/he is back from having picked potatoes |
| 't-apiptun | s/he is back from having gone to get it |
| 't-apiptuwan | s/he is back from having gone to get it for h/ |
| apiqehta | s/he is back from having gone bowling |