lewestu

Prefixed Verb Stem : -olewestu-

Unprefixed Verb Stem : lewestu-

Changed Verb Stem : elewestu-

Verb Stem With Preverb : -ewestu- (with other initials)

Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English Phrase
Nit-te not elewestaq.	That's precisely the way she speaks.
Lewestune.	Let's speak (with each other).
Nil mecimi-te ntitom, nkoluskewestupon tokki kisi-tpitahatomek keq keti-itomek.	I always say that we talk nonsense until we think of what it is we want to say. (JH)
Nutuwal wenil metiyewestulicil; 'tolsotuwal ewasisuwit lampeqinusq.	He hears someone talking; it sounds to him like the younger water sprite. (LM)

Name
The Nun Would Always Tell Me, 'Don't Speak Passamaquoddy'
When My Wife and I Went Moose-hunting
A Long Time Ago
No One Swore
I Speak To Them In Our Language

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