The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| aponahkew | (person) Abenaki |
| aponahki (aponahk-, aponak-) | Abenaki |
| Aponahkik | in Abenaki territory |
| aponaqote | it bakes in oven |
| aponesse | s/he is back from having dug clams |
| aponihiqe | s/he is back from having gone to cut and strip birchbark |
| 't-aponuhmon | s/he is back from having bought it |
| aponusu | s/he is back from having gotten provisions |
| 't-aponuwal | s/he is back from having bought h/ |
| 't-apoqahkan | s/he throws it, flipping it over backward |
| aposes | officer |
| apote (apotiy-) | leaning against |
| 't-apotehlal | s/he leans h/ (against something) |
| 't-apotehsinon | s/he stands leaning against it, leans on it |
| apotehte | it is leaning (against something) |
| 't-apotehtun | s/he leans it (against something) |
| apotekapuwu, apotekapuhu | s/he stands leaning against something |
| apotemu | s/he went and cried (and has come back) |
| 't-apotepin | s/he sits leaning against it |
| apotuhun | cane, walking stick |
| apotuhusu | s/he uses cane to support self (leaning on it) |
| 't-apotukonapin | s/he sits leaning against it with knees raised |
| 't-apqahqekonomon | s/he unwraps it (something stick-like) |
| apqalokotune | h/ mouth is open |
| apqalokotunewiw | (sack, etc.) its mouth is open |