The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary

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Entry Definition
s/he talks about it
s/he talks about something belonging or pertaining to h/; s/he talks to h/ about it
s/he works on it
s/he talks directly to h/, talks to h/ face-to-face; s/he talks about h/
s/he cooks breakfast for h/
s/he stays awake for it
s/he stays awake for h/; s/he holds or attends wake for h/ (deceased person)
s/he keeps h/ awake
(see pskihqimins)
s/he straddles it
s/he skims across it flying; s/he trips over it
s/he goes across surface of it
(see hustiwin)
(see also entries beginning with 'ci-, 't-, 'tah-)
s/he drags or slides h/ from (somewhere)
s/he lets go of it quickly, drops it (something hot or poisonous, animal that bites, etc.)
s/he pays for it from (fund, account, etc.)
s/he tracks h/ from there
s/he tracks it from there
s/he survives it; s/he lives by means of it, lives off it
(see entries beginning with ucc-)
s/he cuts slice from h/
s/he cuts slice from it
s/he cuts slice from something belonging to h/
town, village