The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| ahtoli-muskokuhuke | s/he, it bobs up and down in water |
| ahtoli-piscokhusu | s/he keeps butting in, keeps meddling |
| ahtololuhke | s/he keeps working |
| ahtololuhkewiw | it keeps working |
| ahtolopehe | (container, liquid) s/he, it keeps dripping |
| ahtolopehtehson | (liquid) it keeps dripping |
| ahtolossomu | s/he keeps drinking, drinks repeatedly |
| 't-ahtolotutuwatomon | (fire, stove) s/he keeps adding solid fuel to it (wood, coal, kindling) |
| 't-ahtolotutuwatomuwan | s/he keeps something belonging to h/ burning |
| ahtoluhqepu | s/he keeps sitting there |
| ahtoluwikhike | s/he keeps on writing or drawing, keeps on taking photographs |
| 't-ahtopehlal | s/he does it to h/ correctly by luck, or by skill alone |
| 't-ahtopehtun | s/he does it correctly by luck or by skill alone |
| 't-ahtopehtuwan | s/he does it to h/ correctly by luck |
| ahtopi (ahtop-) | by luck, by chance, coincidentally; (in this same sense only) accidentally |
| 't-ahtopihtun | s/he makes it correctly by accident or by luck; makes it perfectly by skill alone (e.g., makes basket without using a form to shape it on) |
| 't-ahtopihtuwan | s/he makes it for h/ correctly by luck |
| ahtopi-leyu | it is a coincidence, it happens by chance |
| 't-ahtopi-nsotuhmon, 't-ahtopi-'sotuhmon | s/he predicts it correctly (by luck, by intuition, etc.) |
| 't-ahtopiphal | s/he grabs h/ by luck (e.g., ball) |
| 't-ahtopiptun | s/he grabs it by luck |
| ahtopiw | by luck, by chance, coincidentally; (in this same sense only) accidentally |
| 't-ahtopiyal | s/he makes h/ correctly by accident or by luck; makes h/ perfectly by skill alone (e.g., makes bread without recipe) |
| 't-ahtopkomon | s/he meets it unexpectedly, comes upon it it by chance |
| 't-ahtopkuwal | s/he meets h/ unexpectedly, "bumps into" h/ |