The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| ihtoloqassimok | dock, landing place |
| ihtoloqsimok, ihtoloqsultimok | bedroom, sleeping quarters |
| ihtolossonehtit otuhkok | deeryard |
| ikahawqe | s/he gets sick |
| ikoliskan | (Triticum aestivum) wheat, grain of wheat |
| ikoliskaney | wheat bread |
| ikolisoman | white man, Englishman |
| ikolisomanatuwe | s/he speaks English |
| 't-ikolisomanehtun | s/he does it the English way, does it in the white man's way |
| ikolisomanewestu | s/he speaks in English |
| ikolisomanewey, ikolisomanuwey | something pertaining to the white man's way of doing things |
| ikolisomani-nsotom, ikolisomani-'sotom | s/he understands English |
| ikolisomanisqehs | white woman, Englishwoman |
| ikolisomani-tpaskuwakon | English rule, English law; white man's rule or law |
| ikolisomaniwihtasu | it has English name; (translation of word) in English it is called |
| ikolisomanuwiw | s/he is a white (or English) person |
| ikolisomanuwomtu | s/he behaves like white or English person |
| 't-ikonewatomon | s/he denies it |
| 't-ikonewatomuwan | s/he denies something about h/ or something attributed to h/ (characteristic, deed, etc.; see examples) |
| ikonewe | s/he denies |
| ikotahma, ikotehma | s/he yawns |
| ikotohom | s/he yawns |
| 't-ilcum | h/ finger |
| illiqe | (emphatic) s/he stays right there, stays the hell there |
| imisossis | (expresses pain) |