The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 't-aci-pcitahkan | s/he sends it to another place |
| 't-aciphal | s/he transfers h/ to another place; (baseball) s/he moves h/ (glove) into strike zone as s/he catches pitched ball (to make umpire think it was a strike) |
| 't-aciptun | s/he transfers it to another place |
| 't-aci-punal | s/he relocates h/, transfers h/ to new location |
| aci-punasu | it is put somewhere else, is repositioned; it is postponed or delayed |
| 't-aci-punomon | s/he relocates it, puts it in another place; s/he reschedules or postpones it |
| aciqewu | h/ facial expression changes |
| 't-aci-sukonal | s/he decants h/, pours h/ into another container (liquid, e.g., milk) |
| 't-aci-sukonomon | s/he decants it, pours it into another container (liquid, e.g., water) |
| 't-acitahamal | s/he changes mind about h/ |
| 't-acitahasiktun | s/he causes it to change its mind (e.g., town) |
| 't-acitahatomon | s/he changes mind about it |
| aci-tpeltomuwiw | (business, building, car, painting, etc.) its ownership changes, it has new owner |
| aciwihtasu | its name has been changed |
| aciwiyusu | s/he changes (own) name; h/ name has been changed |
| aciye 1 | s/he moves to different location, changes location |
| aciye 2 | it is ... o'clock |
| acomu | s/he tells a story, tells what happened |
| acomuwakon | statement, account of what happened (in this sense, story) |
| acomuwiw | it is true, it is a fact; (text, newspaper, etc.) it tells story, gives account |
| acosqone | (baseball) s/he changes pitching arm |
| aha | (response to a question) yes; (introducing a statement or conclusion) yes |
| ahaciw, ahaci-te | more and more; gradually increasing, increasingly |
| ahahs | horse |
| ahahs 'soqon | (plant, genus Equisetum) horsetail |