The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| cituwamqe | s/he has head down |
| cituwamqehponosu | s/he fights with head down; s/he butts |
| cituwamqehtake | s/he has head down (while sitting, running, swimming, etc.) |
| cituwamqehtawe | s/he runs with head down |
| 'cituwamqehteluwal | s/he shoots h/ causing h/ head to go down |
| cituwamqehtestike | s/he walks with head down making noise with feet (e.g., wearing high heels or plodding heavily) |
| 'cituwamqehtun | s/he pulls it down (hat brim or visor) |
| 'cituwamqehtuwal | s/he bows to h/ |
| cituwamqewu | s/he bows head |
| cituwamu | (pitched baseball) s/he is downward curving pitch |
| 'ci-tuwapu | s/he looks out or in from there |
| cituwekhucin | s/he hangs upside-down |
| cituwekhucu | s/he hangs upside-down |
| cituwekhute | it hangs upside-down |
| cituwessit | (baseball) downward breaking pitch |
| cituwessu | s/he bends over; (pitched baseball) s/he curves downward |
| cituwi (cituw-) | downward and forward, downward and head first |
| cituwikotone | (person) s/he stoops with age |
| cituwi-pokossin | s/he trips and falls forward |
| 'cituwiptun | s/he lowers it briefly |
| cituwitutom | (person) s/he is bent forward |
| cituwiye | s/he falls forward |
| cituwotomhe, cituwotomehe | s/he, it slides downhill head first |
| 'ciw | about, concerning; from; (Wol) for |
| 'ciwciye | s/he, it leaks (liquid running in or out) |