The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| 't-apsihtahal | s/he chops h/ into small pieces |
| apsihtaqsu | h/ voice sounds faint |
| apsihtasu | it is made small, it is miniature |
| 't-apsihtehmon | s/he chops it into small pieces |
| 't-apsihtehmuwan | s/he chops something belonging to h/ into small pieces |
| apsihtone | s/he has small nose; (bird) s/he has small beak or bill |
| apsikaniw | (house, building) it is small |
| apsikuwamokahson | (house, room) it is small, it has barely enough space |
| apsinaqot | it looks small |
| apsinaqsu | s/he looks small |
| 't-apsinomon | s/he sees it as small; (in translation) it looks small to h/ |
| apsiqe | s/he has small face |
| 't-apsitahamal | s/he thinks little of h/; s/he thinks of h/ as small, treats h/ as child (e.g., son who is now grown up) |
| 't-apsitahatomon | s/he thinks little of it; s/he thinks of it as small |
| apsitome | (water) it is shallow |
| apskapu | h/ eyes are open; s/he opens eyes |
| apsocokehson | (soft substance; e.g., pat of butter, mud-hole) it is small in quantity and disappearing or being used up |
| apsokihqon | it is small, is little |
| apsokil | s/he is small, is little |
| apsokilsossu | s/he is very small |
| apsokiptine | s/he has small hands |
| apsokiqsosson | it is tiny, is diminutive |
| apsoqe | (trapper) s/he is back from having checked traps |
| apsoqone | s/he is wearing shoes with spike heels or stiletto heels |
| apsosasu | s/he, it is cut fine, is cut into small pieces |