The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| cinocol | (spice, root) ginger |
| cinocolel | ginger ale |
| cinoqone | s/he is wearing low-heeled shoes |
| cinotonesu | s/he is a low mountain range |
| cinpe | (ii) it sits low in water; (ai; container) the level of liquid in h/ is low |
| cinte | it sits low |
| Cinu | rock giant (name of being in oral tradition who eats people) |
| 'ci-nutehe | s/he goes out from there |
| cipakonutome | s/he tells scary story |
| 'cipakonutomuwal | s/he tells h/ scary story |
| cipalokihtaqot | (hole, entrance) it sounds scary |
| cipalokihtaqsu | (lion with open mouth, etc.) s/he sounds scary |
| cipalokinaqot | (hole, entrance) it looks scary |
| cipalokinaqsu | (wide-eyed person, lion with open mouth, etc.) s/he looks scary |
| 'cipalokinomon | s/he views it as scary, is frightened by its appearance; (in translation) it looks scary to h/ |
| cipalokiqe | s/he is (naturally) wide-eyed; s/he (naturally) has frightened-looking or scary-looking eyes |
| cipalokiqehtehsin | s/he becomes wide-eyed from being hit or startled |
| cipalokiqewu | h/ eyes get big, s/he has frightened-looking eyes |
| cipaltoqe | h/ hair is tangled or mussed up |
| 'ci-peciye | s/he arrives from there |
| Cipelahq | (in oral tradition) name of spirit of the night air; thunderbird, monster in the form of a bird; (lower-case) vulture (perhaps Cathartes aura, turkey vulture) |
| cipenuk | in the east |
| 'ci-peskhike | s/he shoots from there |
| 'cipewokehlal | s/he startles h/ |
| cipewokessu | s/he is startled by someone or something |