The Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| cu tan | surely somehow; (something is) bound (to happen) |
| cu-tehlu | (see cu) |
| Cutoss | Judas |
| 'cuwahpahkan | s/he throws it into the water |
| 'cuwahpahkatomon | s/he throws it into the water, throws it overboard |
| cuwahpamkahte | a pile of it extends into water or has its base in water |
| cuwahpamkopu | a pile of h/ extends into water or has its base in water |
| cuwahpehtasu | it is put into water; (boat) it is launched |
| cuwahpi (cuwahp-, cuwap-) | (falling, extending, etc.) in or into water; partway into water |
| cuwahpi-tepoqonessu | s/he puts heel into water (usually, by accident or unintentionally); s/he dives into the water with heels disappearing last |
| cuwahpiye | s/he, it goes (or falls) into water |
| 'cuwahpoluhsolal | s/he walks h/ into water |
| cuwapotokku, cuwapotoqhu | s/he jumps into water |
| cuwappu, cuppu | s/he sits in water, sits partly in water |
| Cuwen, Cuwena | Joan, Joanne, Joanna |
| 'cuweyu | s/he barely escapes harm |
| cuwi | (see also entries beginning with -ahcuwi) |
| cuwi (ahcuwi) | must, have to; should, ought to; need to |
| cuwi-leyu | it must happen, it has to happen that way; it is urgent |
| cuwi-liye | s/he has to go there, must go there |
| cuwitpot | it should be |
| 'cuwyal | (see 't-ahcuwyal) |
| eci | (conjunct forms only) very, very much; when |
| ecicuwon | (liquid) it leaks through, flows through |
| ecihc, ecihp | (see eci) |