'pektahal

verb ta 34

s/he hits all of h/; (gambling) s/he cleans h/ out, takes all h/ money; (figuratively) s/he wipes h/ out, kills h/, annihilates h/; (with plural direct object) s/he gets all of them

Verb Stem:: -pekt_h-

Notes

(see also 'cihkahal, nokkatahtal)

Keywords

hit

clean

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
'Pektaha.	She cleaned them all out (e.g., in poker); s/he hit them all.
(verb ai 1) Mam-ote yut 'totolamotultiniya yut Neqotkuk tokkiw pektuhutultihtit.	Finally they played cards here at Tobique until they had cleaned each other out. (MT)
Nokomasi-pektahal.	He found it easy to clean him out.
Npektuhukun.	She cleaned us out.