The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| cikones | small apple (e.g., apple just starting to grow, crab apple); fruit of hawthorn (genus Crataegus) |
| cikonesimus | (tree of genus Crataegus) hawthorn, thorn-apple |
| cikonesis | crab apple |
| cikonewey payis | apple pie |
| cikonewihpu | s/he eats unripe apples |
| cikoni-posonut | apple basket |
| cikoniyahqemus | (tree, Malus pumila) apple |
| 'cikonomon | s/he quiets it down, stops it from making noise |
| cikopu | s/he is silent, sits silently |
| 'ci-kskomhike, 'ci-kskomihike | s/he takes shortcut from there, cuts across from there |
| ciksotaqsit | king, ruler (man or woman) |
| ciksotaqsitusq | queen, woman ruler |
| ciksotasu | s/he is well behaved; s/he listens (obeys) |
| ciksotom | s/he listens, s/he obeys |
| 'ciksotomon | s/he listens to it, heeds it |
| 'ciksotomuwewal | s/he listens on h/ behalf (e.g., listens for h/ taxi to arrive) |
| 'ciksotuwal | s/he listens to h/, heeds h/, obeys h/ |
| 'ciktahal | s/he shapes h/ roughly by scraping, smoothing, chipping, etc. (e.g., piece of ash wood) |
| cikte | it is quiet, is silent |
| 'ciktehmon | s/he shapes it roughly by scraping, smoothing, chipping, etc. |
| 'ciktehmuwan | s/he shapes something belonging to h/ by scraping, smoothing, etc. |
| ciktelaqiw | the night is silent or quiet |
| ciktihike | s/he shapes roughly by chopping with hatchet or similar tool (e.g., in making a handle for an ax or hammer) |
| ciktihikewey | adze, ax, hatchet; scraper, plane; chisel |
| cil- | leaving a mark (spot of dirt or paint, scratch, cut, dent, impression, etc.) |