The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| macenikatom | s/he starts out carrying items on shoulder or back |
| macenikatomon | s/he starts out carrying it on shoulder or back |
| macentu | s/he starts to sing |
| macentuwatomon | s/he starts to sing it |
| macenukot | (event) it starts, begins |
| macephal | s/he takes or carries h/ away; s/he gives h/ ride in car |
| macephoqalal | s/he pursues h/, chases h/ |
| macephoqatomon | s/he pursues it, chases it |
| macephoqe | s/he starts following or chasing or tagging along |
| macephuwamal | s/he runs away from h/ |
| macephuwatomon | s/he runs away from it |
| macephuwe | s/he runs away |
| macephuwekhal | s/he runs away with h/ to hide h/, runs off with h/ |
| macephuwektun | s/he runs away with it to hide it, runs off with it |
| mace-psan | it starts to snow |
| maceptasu | it is taken away |
| maceptun | s/he takes or carries it away, s/he leaves with it; s/he takes it home |
| maceptuwan | s/he takes it to h/; s/he takes something belonging to h/ |
| maceptuwatomon | s/he takes it away (from somewhere), carries it away |
| macepu | s/he extends from there, exists from there onward, is in place beginning then (and continuing onward) |
| maceqahtuhuke | s/he, it starts to float, floats away |
| maceqehe | s/he, it starts to roll, rolls away |
| maceqotehe | s/he starts off underwater |
| maceqqiye | s/he, it starts to bleed |
| macesawe | s/he begins to cut; s/he begins to carve (e.g., meat, turkey) |