The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| eqqa | s/he stops dancing |
| eqqawotuwok | they (two) stop walking |
| 't-eqqehkimal | s/he stops teaching h/ |
| eqqehkimsu | s/he stops learning, stops going to school |
| eqqesawe | s/he stops plowing |
| 't-eqqesomon | s/he stops plowing it |
| eqqile | (dog) s/he stops barking |
| 't-eqqinehlal | s/he stops tearing h/, stops ripping h/ |
| 't-eqqinehtun | s/he stops tearing it, stops ripping it |
| eqqomiksu | (see ehqahkomiksu) |
| 't-eqqomon | s/he stops driving it |
| eqqonse | s/he stops gathering driftwood |
| 't-eqsomal | s/he stops feeding h/ |
| 't-eqtahal | s/he stops hitting h/, stops chopping h/ |
| eqtaqsu | s/he stops making noise (with mouth, voice) |
| 't-eqtehmon | s/he stops hitting it, stops chopping it |
| eqtihike | s/he stops pounding, stops knocking |
| eqtokot | (something string-like, story, etc.) it ends |
| es- | (see also entries beginning with os-, s-) |
| esakasit | (container in which host is placed and then shown to congregation in church) monstrance, ostensorium |
| esamkapotasu | (body of water) it is transparent, is clear |
| esanson | light shines through it, it is translucent or transparent |
| esansu | light shines through h/, s/he is translucent or transparent; s/he wears something one can see through |
| 't-esapomal | s/he looks through h/, looks at h/ through something transparent or translucent |
| esapotasu | (bottle, cloud) s/he, it is transparent |