The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| apqotehte | it is open |
| 't-apqotehtestun | s/he throws it open (door, lid, etc.) |
| apqotehtihike | (burglar, etc.) s/he breaks in |
| 't-apqotehtun | (door, window, room; meeting) s/he opens it |
| 't-apqotehtuwan | s/he opens something belonging to h/ |
| 't-apqotekomon | s/he forces or pries it open, forces open what contains or covers it |
| 't-apqotekuwal | s/he forces or pries h/ open, forces open what contains or covers h/ |
| 't-apqotesomon | s/he cuts it open |
| 't-apqotesomuwan | s/he cuts open something belonging to h/ |
| apqotesson | it opens |
| apqotessu | s/he, it opens; (game animal) there is open season on h/ |
| apqotewsewiw | it opens gradually |
| apqotihikon, apkutihikon | prop that holds something open; (zipper on pants) fly |
| 't-apqotiyahkan | s/he throws it open (door, window, etc.) |
| 't-apqotiyahkewan | s/he throws it open for h/; s/he throws open something belonging to h/ |
| 't-apqotiyaqhomon | s/he props it open (with stick, etc.) |
| 't-apqotiyaqhomuwan | s/he props something belonging to h/ open with stick |
| apqotuneqsu | s/he sleeps with mouth open |
| apqotuniyapu | s/he stares open-mouthed, gapes |
| apsahqot | (something stick-like) it is small in diameter, is thin |
| apsahtuwe | (sun during eclipse, lightbulb) s/he, it is small and shining; (star, lamp, lantern, electric light) s/he, it is dim or faint |
| 't-apsahtuwenomon | s/he dims it, turns it down (light, lamp) |
| apsahtuwesson | (light) it glimmers |
| 't-apsakihtun | s/he is back from having gone to see it |
| apsalokiqe | s/he has small eyes |