The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| wapilomonhomon | s/he paints it white |
| wapi-man | (metal) silver; silver money (collectively) |
| wapi-maniyey | something made of silver; (animate) silver coin or badge or medal |
| wapiminokahk | (Sanicula odorata) cluster sanicle, yellow sanicle; (possibly also Actaea pachypoda) white baneberry |
| wapinaqot | it looks white |
| wapinaqsu | s/he looks white, looks pale |
| wapi-olonahq | steel |
| wapipkuhusu | s/he powders face |
| wapipkuhusut | (cosmetic) white face powder |
| wapiqe | h/ face is white or pale |
| wapiskipepisu | s/he has white band around neck |
| wapi-soqehs | ermine (white phase of shorttail weasel) |
| wapitahasu | s/he thinks like white person |
| wapkihpawolal | s/he frightens h/ causing h/ to turn pale; s/he appalls h/ |
| wapkiku | s/he is pale, looks anemic |
| wapkiqe | s/he has pale face |
| wapolahke | (baseball) s/he commits throwing error |
| wapolahkonoma | s/he locks trigger incorrectly |
| wapolahte | it is wrong; it is in wrong place |
| wapolakonutome | s/he tells story incorrectly |
| wapolehlosu | s/he messes self up, causes self trouble through own doing; s/he wrongs self |
| wapolelot | it is wrong amount or number; there is discrepancy in amount or number |
| wapolessu | (ai) s/he makes mistake; (ii) it is wrong |
| wapolewestu | s/he says wrong thing, says something offensive or unseemly |
| wapoleyu 1 | s/he does wrong |