The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| aqane-tpuhkot | it is darkest part of night, is the dead of night |
| aqanu, aqane | (response to thank you) you're welcome |
| aqanute, qanute | (word in greeting chant or welcome song) |
| aqehe | (see oqehe) |
| aqotuwaluwehc, akotuwaluwehc | (plant, Arctium lappa) great burdock |
| aqqatale | (expresses satisfaction at a pleasurable experience; expresses relief when something is completed, because it was a difficult experience; expresses being unimpressed or unconvinced) |
| aqtaqot | it sounds awkward |
| aqtaqsu | s/he sounds awkward (when speaking) |
| asahqaha | acorn of northern red oak (Quercus rubra); (in general) acorn |
| Asahqahahkik | on, to, at Acorn Rocks (two man-sized, acorn-shaped boulders standing in Junior Stream, northwest of Motahkomikuk) |
| asahqahawimus, asahqahatoq | (tree, Quercus rubra) northern red oak |
| asakolapet | (see asukulapet) |
| asakon | there is mild weather in winter, a thaw, causing fallen snow to become moist (snowball or snowman weather) |
| asakonihtehson | a crust starts to form on the snow |
| asakuwahq | chipmunk (Tamias striatus) |
| Aselihk | Angelica, Angelina |
| aselis | angel, cherub |
| asihta | s/he sees what will happen to self in future, s/he has premonition; s/he undergoes change of personality; h/ facial expression changes just before dying |
| 't-asihtuwal | s/he foretells what will happen to h/ |
| asit | behind, in back, at the rear |
| asitawtihiw | going along a back road |
| 't-asitecemal | s/he kisses h/ in return |
| 't-asite-ehkosqenal | s/he hugs h/ in return |
| 't-asitehtahal | s/he hits h/ back |
| 't-asitehtehmon | s/he hits it back |