The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary

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Entry Definition
s/he pays it for h/
it is payday
s/he pays
s/he pays with it (money, etc.)
s/he is free(d) from the will of another, free from responsibility
s/he pays for something belonging to h/ (e.g., something in hock, something s/he purchases for h/)
s/he pays (for something) for h/, s/he pays on h/ behalf
s/he pays for it on h/ behalf
s/he pays h/
s/he pays h/ for it, pays h/ with it
although, even though; despite the fact that
s/he is paid salary or wages
s/he goes and gets h/ and ferries h/ back (to here), s/he is back from having gone to ferry h/
having gone and returned; back from having gone (to do something)
it is Easter
s/he went and made it, is back from having made it
striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
(cribbage) s/he skunks h/
(fruit of Ribes glandulosum) skunk currant
(bird, Phasianus colchicus) ring-necked pheasant
s/he is back from having gone to get h/
s/he is back from having picked potatoes
s/he is back from having gone to get it
s/he is back from having gone to get it for h/
s/he is back from having gone bowling