The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| cihkihikewik | (railroad) caboose |
| cihkihikon | broom |
| 'cihkihikonihtahal | s/he hits h/ with broom |
| 'cihkihikonihtehmon | s/he hits it with broom |
| cihkonaqc | turtle, tortoise |
| cihkonaqcuhke | s/he hunts or traps turtles |
| cihkonaqcusq | female turtle or tortoise; (in story) turtle woman |
| cihpolakon, kcihpolakon | (bird, Haliaeetus leucocephalus) bald eagle; (military) colonel |
| cihpolaltoqe | h/ hair is knotted up (in order to curl it, or from being tangled) |
| 'cihpolaltoqehlal | s/he knots h/ hair (in order to curl it); s/he tangles h/ hair in knots |
| 'cihpolatokehlal | s/he tangles h/ into knots (rope, shoelace, etc.) |
| 'cihpolatokehtun | s/he knots it (sweetgrass, hair, etc.) |
| cihpolatokesson | (something string-like) it becomes tangled |
| 'cihpolatokihpulal | s/he tangles h/ by handling h/ (rope, etc.) |
| cihpolehtikon | knot (in rope, etc.) |
| 'cihpolehtun | s/he ties it (knot) |
| 'cihpolopilal | s/he ties h/ up with many knots or strings; s/he tangles h/ up (in string, etc.); s/he winds h/ up (e.g., as spider would do to fly) |
| cihpolopilsu | s/he gets self tangled up (in rope, etc.) |
| 'cihpolopitun | s/he ties it up with many knots or strings; s/he tangles, winds it up (in string, etc.) |
| 'cihpolopituwan | s/he tangles (etc.) something belonging to h/ |
| 'cihtasu | it is made of (something) |
| 'cihtihike | s/he wins prize; s/he wins part of something (e.g., prize money, set of prizes) |
| cika, cikaw | even if, even though; in spite of, despite |
| 'cikalahtuwehtuwal | s/he raises headlights at h/ (oncoming driver) |
| cikalakiye | s/he, it is curled upward |