The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| cikalasksu | s/he is scorched and curled up; s/he is burned to a crisp |
| cikalaskte | it is scorched and curled up; it is burned to a crisp |
| cikalihtone | s/he has turned-up nose, has pug nose |
| cikalkasu | s/he tips chair back while sitting in it |
| cikawapeksu | s/he takes office in spite of something (opposition, regulations, accusations, behavior, etc.) |
| 'cikawapqotehtun | s/he forces it open |
| 'cikawapqotehtuwan | s/he forces open something belonging to h/ |
| 'cikawehtun | s/he forces it |
| 'cikawehtuwal | s/he forces h/ (to do something); (as euphemism) he forces his way into her, assaults her sexually, rapes her |
| cikawessu | s/he is defiant, disobeys; s/he forces way through (e.g., in deep snow, mud) |
| cikawi (cikaw-) | using force; forcing self, in spite of self (in spite of one's fears, etc.); teasingly, jokingly, in fun |
| 'cikawi-apqotehtun | s/he forces it open |
| 'cikawihtomon | s/he does it despite danger or risk |
| 'cikawihtun | s/he makes it against will, against orders; s/he forces self to make it |
| 'cikawihtuwal | s/he tries to overcome h/ by force |
| 'cikawikapuwihtomon | s/he stands up to it despite fear or dread of it |
| 'cikawikpehlal | s/he peels strips of ash from h/ (log) by brute force; s/he strikes non-overlapping marks on h/ (ash log being pounded for basket splints) |
| cikawikpehtahsit | person who purposely pounds an ash log for basket splints without overlapping the blows (to save time, planning to peel off the strips by force; splints are difficult to remove in this way without damaging them) |
| cikawi-ksehe | s/he forces way in, breaks in, barges in; s/he intrudes |
| 'cikawimal | s/he teases or ridicules h/; forces h/ by speaking to h/ |
| 'cikawi-matonal | s/he fights against h/ despite own fears, etc.; s/he rapes h/ |
| 'cikawi-matonomon | s/he fights against it despite own fears, etc. |
| cikawimiye | s/he forces self to pray |
| cikawimtuwok | they argue with each other, argue back and forth |
| cikawi-nutehe | s/he forces way out, breaks out (e.g., from jail) |