The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| okepse | s/he is deaf |
| 't-okesumal | s/he sics h/ (dog) |
| okeya | (see okiya) |
| okihikakon | canoe bailer made of birchbark |
| 't-okihikatomon | s/he bails it out (boat) |
| 't-okihikatomuwan | s/he bails out something belonging to h/ (boat) |
| okihike | s/he bails out boat or canoe |
| okihikewey | bailing pump, sump pump |
| okihikon | dipper, scoop |
| 't-okihkalal, 't-ahkihkalal | s/he plants h/ (tree, crop) |
| 't-okihkan, 't-ahkihkan | s/he plants with it |
| 't-okihkatomon, 't-ahkihkatomon | s/he plants it (crop, garden) |
| 't-okihkatomuwan, 't-ahkihkatomuwan | s/he plants something belonging to h/ (crop, garden) |
| 't-okihkewal, 't-ahkihkewal | s/he plants for h/ |
| okile | (dog) s/he barks |
| 't-okiluhtomon | (dog) s/he barks at it |
| 't-okiluhtuwal | (dog) s/he barks at h/ |
| 't-okimal | s/he counts h/; s/he reads h/ |
| okimqosu | s/he is counted, s/he is read; s/he is important, s/he counts or matters |
| okimqot | it is counted, it is read; it is important, it counts or matters |
| okisu | s/he reads, s/he counts |
| 't-okisuwewal | s/he reads to h/ |
| okitasu | s/he, it is read or counted |
| okitomakon | book; counter, counting stick |
| 't-okitomon | s/he counts it; s/he reads it |