conessu

verb ai & ii 1, 14

s/he, it stops moving, comes to stop

Plural : conessultuwok (ai)

Verb Stem : -conessi-

Changed Verb Stem : cenessi-

Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English Phrase
Coness!	(stop sign) Stop!
Mahkiyew conessu.	It stopped for a while.
Kamotu cenessik psi keq kisi-siqhewik.	All of a sudden everything came to a stop after the ice storm (electricity, traffic, school, etc.).
Nonuwak nit ikolisomanok sehtayiw, on pesq, cenessi.	I knew some white people back there, and at this one fellow's place, I stopped. (MT)
Skitapiyik conessultuwok Pitok, 'tapiptuniya amkis.	The men stopped at the Pit and got some sand.