The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| ankusu | s/he sells, buys |
| ankutkuhu | s/he jumps ahead |
| 't-ankuwacomin | s/he goes on to tell it; s/he relays it, brings or takes it (message, report); s/he translates it; (ai, also) s/he continues telling story, s/he interprets |
| ankuwacomit | messenger, delegate, translator, interpreter |
| 't-ankuwacomuwatomon | s/he translates it, interprets it (language, text, speech) |
| 't-ankuwacomuwewal | s/he translates for h/, interprets for h/ |
| ankuwacomuwiw | (computer, etc.) it relays or delivers messages, commands, etc.; it translates |
| ankuwakhucu | s/he stops for a while (ends stage in trip), makes stops along way |
| ankuwakutom | s/he is descended (from someone); s/he is a descendant |
| 't-ankuwamkuhutomon | s/he poles it farther (boat, raft) |
| ankuwamu | s/he, it falls forward, flies farther (involuntarily) |
| 't-ankuwan | s/he sells it |
| ankuwankuwe | s/he resells; s/he is wholesaler, broker, etc. |
| 't-ankuwankuwektun | s/he resells it; s/he wholesales it |
| 't-ankuwankuwewal | s/he resells something bought from h/ |
| ankuwankuwike | s/he buys and sells; s/he keeps a store |
| 't-ankuwaqtehmon | s/he extends it (e.g., board) by nailing another piece to it |
| ankuwaqtihikon | second length of pounding-ash from single tree (i.e., part above lower section of trunk) |
| ankuwatokiye | (rope, wire; family line) s/he, it extends, continues on |
| ankuwatokonike | s/he lengthens a braid (e.g., of sweetgrass) |
| ankuwatokosu | (rope) s/he extends, continues |
| ankuwatokot | (something string-like, story, etc.) it continues, extends |
| ankuwe | s/he buys or sells |
| 't-ankuwehlal | s/he sells h/ |
| ankuwehtasu | it is sold, it is for sale |