ktomakeyu, 'tomakeyu

Prefixed Verb Stem : -kotomakeyi-

Unprefixed Verb Stem : ktomakeyi-, 'tomakeyi-

Changed Verb Stem : ketomakeyi-

Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English Phrase
Ya, ma-te tama keq lamikuwam amalhikok kat-te keq. 'Tomakeyu-te wen. Ktomakeyultuwok, coqahk-al ktomakeyultuwok.	Gee, there was nothing fancy at all in the house. People were poor. They were poor, of course they were poor. (LS)
Sikte-ktomakeyu.	S/he is extremely poor.
Nil kahk-ote nkotomakeyultipon mecimiw.	It's true my family used to be poor back then. (JAN)
Ktomakeyu Makolit 'sami ma-te wenil 'tiywawiyil.	Margaret is poor because she has no one.
Nita, pihce skicinuwok ktomakeyossultuponik, kenuk-olu komac eci-palitahasultihtit weckuwi-macekultihtit.	Well, in the past the children of the tribe were poor, but they were very happy growing up. (RM)
Ketomakeyit Ena cel Cems maceptuwan micuwakon.	When Anna was poor James took food to her.
Ktomakeyultuwok komac pomawsuwinuwok.	The people are very poor.