The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 'tahqonal | s/he arrests h/ |
| 'tahqonesunol | h/ leggings |
| tahqonikon | prisoner |
| 'tahqonomon | s/he impounds it |
| 'tahqonomuwan | s/he impounds or confiscates something belonging to h/; s/he arrests someone related to or working for h/ |
| 'tahtuwe | it shines from there |
| 'tahtuwihputiw | s/he has a table |
| tahu | (said at the end of a song or chant) the end; that's all |
| 'takihtawotuwi-wapap | mourning wampum |
| 'takomiw | s/he has snowshoes |
| 'takpekehtun | s/he chills or cools it (liquid) |
| 'takpekehtuwan | s/he cools or chills something belonging to h/ (liquid) |
| taktal | doctor, physician |
| 'taku | s/he is in mourning |
| 'takupolal | s/he gives h/ room and board |
| 'takutom | s/he is related or descended from (lineage or family) |
| Tali | Dolly; nickname of Margaret Apt, dictionary coauthor |
| 'talokahte | it opens out (from something); (eye, nostril, mouth) it is big and round; (house, purse, eye, etc.) it is wide open |
| Talotti | Dorothy |
| tals | dulse (dried seaweed used as food) |
| talu | (see tahalu) |
| tama | where, somewhere |
| tamahc | here and there; (space, time, number) thereabouts |
| tama 'toqiw | somehow, in some direction; (in questions) how?, which way? |
| 'tamihkessu | s/he gets up from there (quickly) |