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  • atpehe - the level of the tide changes
  • ckuhpehe - the tide is coming in
  • conopehe - the tide stops rising
  • conopekiw - it is slack water, is slack tide; the movement of the tide stops (when it is about to turn); (moving water) it stops
  • ehtahsi-kiskahk - (conjunct forms only) every day; at every low tide
  • eqpahak - at head of tide on river or inlet; (cap., Wol) in, at, to old village just upriver from Fredericton, New Brunswick (spelled variously in colonial records, e.g., Aukpaque); (cap., Pesk) in, at, to old village of Spring Hill, Maine
  • kiskot - it is low tide; (with preverbs only) it is a day, the day is ..., the weather is ...
  • kiskotuk - at lower part of mudflat; at low-water line
  • 'kopehe - the rising tide surrounds or cuts off access (to rock, island, etc.)
  • ksakuwiye - the tide is very high; it is spring or flood tide; the tide is at its highest in its monthly cycle
  • ksakuwiyenihke - there are extraordinarily high tides (e.g., at each full moon or in hurricane)
  • ksehpehe - the tide comes in
  • ksihkot - the tide is at its lowest in its monthly cycle; it is neap tide
  • ksihkotihke - there are regular low tides (e.g., with each new or full moon)
  • ksiyakuwiye - the tide comes in (through narrows, into inlet, etc.)
  • macehkot - the tide is starting to go out
  • macehpehe - the tide is going out, the tide ebbs
  • malakuwiye - the tide is gradually receding or going out
  • malkot - the tide is not particularly high or low (after rising or falling)
  • nutiyakuwiye - the tide goes out (through narrows, etc.)
  • olomihkot - the tide goes out
  • olomihpehe - the tide is going out, the tide ebbs
  • Pistoqahak - name of tidal inlet between Carlow Island and Quoddy Village (near Sipayik); name also gives to the railroad bridge formerly at this location, also called Third Bridge
  • psonpehe - s/he, it fills with water; (ii) it is high tide
  • psonpehenikotuk - at upper part of mudflat; at high water line