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aplugwet
Recordings:
Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw
Part of Speech:
verb animate intransitive
Pronunciation Guide:
a·pê·lu·gwet
Translation:
He/she is back from work
Meanings:
return from work
back from work
Example of word used in a sentence:
Text:
Na'n ajiet aq gi's aplugwet.
Translation:
It's five o'clock and he/she is already back from work.
Recording:
Recording by ewm 🔉
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
aplugwei --
I am back from work
-- (first person singular animate)
aplugweieg --
we are back from work
-- (first person dual exclusive animate)
aplugutieg --
we are back from work
-- (first person plural exclusive animate)
Related entries for category "location"
a'jela's'g
: hinderance / in the way
a'jela'sit
: be a hinderance / hinderance / in the way
a'jelising
: lie in way
a'jelpit
: sit in way
a'jelpuguig
: stands in way
a'jelpuguit
: stand in way / hinderance
a'jelteg
: in the way / hinderance / in an odd place
a'se'g
: on the other side / in the next room
a'sei
: other room / other side
a'sispit
: sit over / sit across
ala
: that / there
allugwet
: work in different locations / work at odd jobs
Almamgug
: Memramcook
alqatg
: stay here and there
amase'jijg
: quite far / some distance
amaseg
: far
anapiw
: by the side / beside
anapo
: on one side / a side
antaguejue'gati, an'takuejue'kati
: New Carlisle
apaqt, apaqt
: sea / off shore
apaqtu'jg, apaqtu'jk
: inshore / short distance offshore
aplugwet
: return from work / back from work
aqamoqwe'gati
: white ash grove
aqjigateg, aqjikatek
: shade
aquoqomqeg, aquoqomqek
: at bend / at turn
aqupit, aqupit
: hidden and sitting
aquteg, aqutek
: hidden / hidden area
awti
: road / trail
awti'j
: path / trail
e'tmapuguit
: stand at the forefront
e'tmateg
: is (set) at forefront / in front
eig
: present / be there / be there (sicknesses, days)
eig
: present / be there / be there (sicknesses, days)
ejinpit
: low
ejinteg
: low
elangu'sit
: go somewhere to peddle / go somewhere to sell
Elsipugtug
: Big Cove
emittugwatg
: visits it
Enmigtaqamu'g
: Nova Scotian mainland
enmipgowe'g
: along edge of cliff
enqanapit
: beneath surface
enqanateg
: beneath surface
Epegwitg
: Prince Edward Island / calm water
epune'g
: below / downstairs
Esg'soqonig
: Eskasoni
Esgigewa'gi
: Third Mi'gmaq district
esiamgeg
: Campbellton, New Brunswick
eteg
: be at / situated / placed / located
etllugwet
: working / work there / place of work
etuiw
: on both sides
ewt'pa'sitl
: sits on / sit down atop
ewt'pa'sualatl
: sit on top of / sit atop
ewt'pa'suatg
: sit on top of / sit atop
ewt'pasguatl
: sit on
g'p'ta'q
: up / above / overhead
g'p'tai, kîpîtay
: ceiling / top
Gaggnawa'gi
: Caughnawaga
Galla'ing
: New Carlisle, QC
gamso'q
: Canso, NS
Ganata
: Canada
gapsgu'j
: little waterfall
gapsguji'j
: tiny waterfall
gapsgw
: waterfall
gapsgwamgitg
: rapid water / rapid water preceeding a waterfall
ge'gupa'latl
: put on top / place atop
ge'gupn
: hilltop
ge'guteg
: on the top
ge'gwa'latl
: place on the top
ge'gwa's'g
: moves onto the top
Ge'gwapsgug
: at the top of the falls / Pabineau
ge'gwei
: up above / upstairs
Gepeg
: Quebec
gesga't
: lost
Gesgapegiaq
: Gesgapegiaq, Quebec / Where the river widens
Gespe'g
: Seventh Mi'gmaq district / Gaspe
Gespogwitg
: First Mi'gmaq district / present day southern western Nova Scotia
Gespugwitg
: Annapolis Valley
gigj'pa'sualatl
: sit close to
gigjiw
: near / close by
gisoqeg
: hill top / atop hill
giwto'qopia'tijig
: sit in a circle
giwto'qopultijig
: sit around in a circle
gjigan
: city
gjiganji'j
: village / town
gm'tginu
: our territory / our country
gmetug
: beside / aside / on the side of
gp'te'sn
: south
gsipo'qiwan
: scratching place
gsnugo'guom
: hospital
gujm
: outside / outdoors
gutan
: town / village
gutana'sit
: go to town / go to east end (of Listuguj) / go up mission (Listuguj)
gutang
: town / east end (of Listuguj) / down the mission (Listuguj)
gwe'gwiamgeg
: Port Hood, N.S. / water embankment
iga'latl
: release / let go / place / put
iga'q
: arrive
iga't
: arrive
iga'toq
: place / put
jajiga'sit
: going along/beside the shore / going along/beside edge
jajigoqpit
: sit alongside
jajigtug
: along the edge / at the edge
Jipugtu'jg
: Bouctouche, New Brunswick
Jipugtug
: Halifax, NS
lame'g
: underneath / under / inside
lampo'q
: bottom of lake / bottom of river
lamqamu'g
: underground
lamuguom
: interior of the house
Listuguj
: Listuguj
listugujewa'tuet
: imitate Listuguj dialect / speak Listuguj dialect
Listuguji'j
: Miramichi River
lnue'gati
: aboriginal community / native village (reserve)
Ls'tgug
: Bear River
majuggwalatl
: keep in time with / follow
majuggwatg
: keep in time with / follow
mala
: at home / where I'm from
masgwe'simanaqse'gati
: pin cherry tree grove
Matawe'g
: Matapedia, QC / confluence of rivers
mawpultijig
: sit together
me'su'tug
: in full view / in full view
megwaig
: middle
Metepna'qiaq
: Red Bank
metoqiaq
: go down to / come down to / descend in elevation
metuatqeg
: hard going (through thicket)
mgatawti
: footpath
mi'soqo
: up to / as for as / until
miawe'g
: in middle / between
ms't_tami
: everywhere
mtasoq
: ledge / cliff / slate
Mulian
: Montreal
na'tami
: somewhere / someplace
na'taqamtug
: at the shore / at the riverbank
Natuaqaneg
: Eel Ground
Nepisigwitg
: Nepiseqwit river
niganteg
: located at the front
nigantug
: in front
nnue'gati
: aboriginal community / native village (reserve) / indigenous community
Nnuei_Mnigu
: Indian Island
pa'qe'g
: downhill
paqtaqamigt
: wilderness / deserted area
paqtaqamigtug
: wilderness / deserted area
Paqtngeg
: Afton
pastung
: United States
pastungewa'gi
: American territory / United States of America
patatujg
: on the left side
pesg'teg
: lead off to (path)
pesga'latl
: lead off the trail or road / take off trail or road
pesga'sit
: go off the trail or road / leave off the trail or road
pesga'toq
: lead off the trail or road / take off trail or road
pesoqtesg'g
: miss / fail to meet it / fail to come into contact with it
pesoqtesguatl
: miss / fail to meet / fail to come into contact with it(ball)
petgitg
: mail here / send here / dispatch here
petgnejig
: arrive at destination
pi'tawa'toq
: take it up river / take up the coast
pi'tawe'g
: he/she is up river / at up the coast
pija'lut
: jailed / put inside
pijatpo'jing
: head inside something
piligana'gamigt
: new campsite or development
pisgwa'latl
: bring inside / take inside / let in
pisgwetesg'g
: track inside (mud, snow, water)
pisgwetesguatl
: chase inside / kick into
pisit
: inside / inside container / incarcerated
piteg
: inside of it
pitoqpit
: sit or set underneath
pitoqteg
: burn underneath / set underneath / penetrate beneath
pitui'w
: in between
pmetug
: beside / aside / on the side of
poqjiwsit
: move or vacate a residence
Potloteg
: Chapel Island, Nova Scotia / Potloteg First Nation
qame'g
: other side of river / other side / other side of valley or plain / Campbellton (in Listuguj) / New Richmond (in Gesgapegiag)
qasgusia'qamigt
: cedar grove / Tide Head, New Brunswick
qataig
: half way / midway
S'gepne'gati
: Second Mi'gmaq district / Shubenacadie
se'g
: elsewhere
Se'ta'nji'j
: Little Saint Anne / Fredericton
setamg
: in rear or stern (of boat)
Sgno'p'tij
: Burnt Church / a lookout (Rand)
Sig'tonqeg
: river basin at Dalhousie, New Brunswick
Signigtewa'gi
: Sixth Mi'gmaq district / southern New Brunswick
sitm
: shore / beach
so'qiaq
: go to higher ground or level / go up (in altitude) / go up to the woods (Listuguj)
ta'n
: when / where
tajiga'sit
: going along/beside the shore / going along/beside edge
tet
: here
tp'te'sn
: south
tupsia'qami
: alder grove
uggwatawti
: footpath
ugpaqamg
: behind / in rear of
Ugpi'ganjig
: Eel River Bar
ugs'tqamu
: earth / world
ugt'pun
: seat / place
Ugtaqamgug
: Newfoundland
ugtejg
: in back / behind / at the back / last
ula_tett
: right here / this here
Unma'gi
: Fourth Mi'gmaq district / Cape Breton Island
utan
: town / village
utqotaqane'gati
: graveyard
wa'so'q
: heaven / the heavens
wanne'g
: up mission / cove end in Listuguj / cove
Waqam'tgug
: Bonaventure, Quebec / Waqamîtkuk, Nova Scotia
We'gopegitg
: Truro, Nova Scotia
We'goqoma'q
: Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia.
we'gwamgug
: where waterway ends at falls
we'gwapsgw
: falls end
We'gwistoqonig
: Eskasoni
wejilugwet
: work because / reason for work / work from (location)
wejinisa'latl
: bring down from
wejuow
: close by
wesgewina'q
: happy, joyful or pleasureable place
wi'gatigno'guom
: library
wigit
: reside or dwell there
wiguaq
: home
Winpegijuig
: Bathurst, New Brunswick
wisnuti
: moose trail / deer trail
Related entries for category "work"
a'lutasit
: guide (by boat) / fishing guide
agase'wa'latl, akase'wa'latl
: hire
agase'wa'toq, akase'wa'toq
: hire / to pay for the use of / lease
agase'wit, akase'wit
: enlist / sign up / trade (Cape Breton) / hire (New Brunswick)
alaqtegewinu
: mariner / sailor
allugwet
: work in different locations / work at odd jobs
alsusit, alsusit
: boss / boss / supervise / direct / oversee
alsusit, alsusit
: boss / boss / supervise / direct / oversee
aluse'wit
: carpenter / carpentry
amallugwatg
: decorate
amallugweg
: decorate
amallugwet
: decorate
amilugwet
: work a bit / work a little
angu'lugwet
: work extra
aniapsuinu, aniapsuinu
: penitent / one who sacrifices / missionary
aniapsuinu'sgw, aniapsuinu'skw
: female penitent / female who sacrifices / female saint / female missionary / nun
aplugwet
: return from work / back from work
assusit
: boss / boss / supervise / direct / oversee
assusit
: boss / boss / supervise / direct / oversee
attigna's'g
: work hard / laborious / work to the limit
attigna'sit
: work hard / strain / laborious / work to limit
awanlugwet
: unskilled worker / works poorly
awtit
: on salary / being paid / cost
ela'gipulatl
: to cut with a saw
ela'gittoq
: cut with a saw
elamgo'lajig
: pile / play solitaire
elamgo'toql
: piles things / stacks things
elawigatas'g
: porcupine quillwork / decorated with porcupine quills
elawigateget
: does quillwork / works with porcupine quills
elgesawet
: plow up
elgesg
: till / plow up(ground)
elgete'get
: hoe / loosen soil with hoe
eligjepilawet
: make bottom part (of basket)
eligjipilg
: weave bottom (of basket)
elugowatl
: work for
elugwa'tl
: work / make work
elugwalatl
: repair / prepare / fix
elugwatg
: repair / fix
elugweg
: operating / work
elugwet
: operates / work
elugwetoq
: use it to work
elulatl
: give a task / ask to do something
enmilugweg
: works until...
enmilugwet
: work until...(midnight)
etllugweg
: work
etllugwet
: working / work there / place of work
etlsegnatl, etl'seknatl
: construct or build with brick or cement blocks
etlsegng
: construct or build with brick or cement blocks
ewllugwet
: poor quality work / badly done work
gaqa'latl
: complete / finish / terminate / end
gaqa'teget
: finished doing something / finish a task
gaqa'toq
: complete / finish / finish a task / terminate / end
gaqalugweg
: finished working / stop working
gaqalugwet
: finished working
gast'pl
: police officer
gegina'muet
: teach
gegnu'lugwet
: work properly
geitapaqte'g
: drive in (as nail)
gepta'toq
: take down from the top / unload / remove from the top or inside
gesgija'toq
: place over / put over
gesigawlugweg
: works quickly
gesigawlugwet
: works fast / works non-stop / works quickly
getantoq
: hunt / strive to obtain / gather / work to earn
gi'gajilugwet
: work in spite of...
giasgilugwet
: work with precision / work properly
giaspilugwet
: last time worked
gimilugwet
: work in secret / work secretly
gina'sit
: put a lot of effort / try hard
gisilugwet
: able to work
glaptan
: blacksmith
gmu'je'gaqan
: lumbering / forestry
gmu'je'get
: get wood / cut lumber
jaqalilugwet
: work quickly
jaqallugweg
: works quickly
ji'gata'tl
: hew / dress / trim
jigg'puteget
: rake
lgowaqan, l'kowaqan
: job / work / task
lisgnuaqan
: weaving / knitting
lugowaqan
: task / work / job / jobs
lugowinu
: worker / laborer
lugowinu'sgw
: worker (female) / laborer (female)
mallugweg
: work poorly
mallugwet
: works poorly / works lazily
malpale'wi'sgw, mal'pale'wi'skw
: woman doctor / female doctor
malpale'wit, mal'pale'wit
: doctor
matlot
: sailor
matnaggewinu
: fighter / warrior
matu'lugwet
: do odd or simple jobs / handyperson
melgilugwet
: works hard
miguteget
: plane (as in carpentry)
millugwet
: do different kinds of work
mimajuaqan
: life / living
minua'toq
: duplicate / redo
minuoqs'g
: recook
msigue'get
: make hay / collect sweet grass
na'gwegewa'q
: paid daily
najilugwet
: go to work
naqsilugweg
: works quickly
naqsilugwet
: work quickly
naqsio'pla'toq
: quickly do wrong
naqsitetapua'toq
: quickly do right / quickly do correctly
nata'lugwet
: know how to work / good worker
nata'nmat
: good at whatever they do / capable person / handy / handyman / jack of all trades
ne'patat
: slaughter own livestock / slaughterer / butcher
nespilugweg
: work while also... / work at same time as...
nespilugwet
: work while also... / work at same time as...
newtlugwet
: work alone
niganawtiget
: trail blazer / head swamper / head swamper / blaze trail
niganawtiget
: trail blazer / head swamper / head swamper / blaze trail
niganpuguit, nikan'pukuit
: leader / stand at the front / stand ahead / leader
nme'j'gowinu
: fisher
nme'juaqan
: fishery / fishing industry
nugtoqtejgwej
: house keeper / maid / servant
nuja'gitteget
: sawyer
nujagnutmewinu
: lawyer / reporter
nujatejo'tasit
: twitcher (person who by horse or machine, pulls logs from woods) / twitch (person who by horse or machine, pulls logs from woods)
nujatejo'tasit
: twitcher (person who by horse or machine, pulls logs from woods) / twitch (person who by horse or machine, pulls logs from woods)
nujatejo'teget
: twitch logs (person who by horse or machine, pulls logs from woods) / hauls logs
nujatejo'toqol
: haul / twitch (in logging)
nuji'pit
: runner (professional) / errand runner / runner (professional) / errand runner
nujiajig
: make (professionally)
nujiamalgat
: dancer / dancer
nujiasigetg
: teamster
nujielutuet
: imitator / impersonator
nujiewjo'lajig
: hauler / transporter
nujiewjo'tasit
: hauler
nujiewjo'teget
: delivery person / hauler / deliver / transport / haul
nujiewjo'toq
: haul
nujigeluet
: matchmaker
nujigina'muet
: educator / teacher / teacher / educator
nujigina'muet
: educator / teacher / teacher / educator
nujigoqwa'luet
: wrestler / repossesser (Nova Scotia) / wrestler / repossesser (Nova Scotia)
nujigoqwa'luet
: wrestler / repossesser (Nova Scotia) / wrestler / repossesser (Nova Scotia)
nujigsmoqja'teget
: foreman / pusher / foreman / pusher
nujigtu'muet
: musicial entertainer / entertainer (with musical instrument)
nujiilsuteget
: judge
nujimila'teget
: prankster / joker / jester / joker / prankster / jester
nujimuet
: counsellor / advisor / counsel / advise
nujinapui'giget
: photographer / take photograph
nujinget
: scaler (in lumbering) / one who does the measuring / scale (in lumbering)
nujinpiteget
: healer
nujinqasui'get
: firefighter
nujins'pit
: baby sitter / house sitter
nujintoq
: singer / singer
nujintuisget
: salesperson / peddler / vendor
nujipestung
: preacher / preacher
nujipgwateliget
: buyer / purchaser / buyer / purchaser
nujipi't'pet
: bartender / bootlegger
nujipipnet
: baker
nujipipugwet
: musician / whistler / horn blower / musician / whistler / horn blower
nujiputaqiget
: butcher / butcher
nujisa'se'wamugwa'teget
: magician / one who changes things
nujitmasaqte'muet
: barber
nujitoq
: make professionally
nujitoqtet
: baker (professional)
nujiwsiget
: fortuneteller / fortuneteller
nussaqiget
: clerk / clerk
nutagnutmewinu
: lawyer / reporter
nutanguet
: responsible for provisioning / responsible for buying
nutanteget
: hunter / killer / hunter / killer
nutapit
: scout (around) / scout
nutapteget
: coroner
nutateji'puteget
: delivery person
nutateji'putoq
: deliver
nutpet
: bartender
nutpipnet
: bread-baker
nutqalugwet
: poor quality work
nutsegnewet
: bricklayer / mason
pa'tlia's
: priest / clergy
pa'tlia'si'sgw
: nun
pa'tliatji'j
: brother (religious)
pegajilugwet
: work neatly / work cleanly
pejilugwet
: came here to work / arrive here to work
pejue'get
: fish for cod
pemlugweg
: go along working
pemlugwet
: go along working
pesi'gugwet
: river drive
pi't'pet
: pour in / tend bar (Nova Scotia)
piltu'lugweg
: work differently
piltu'lugwet
: do different work / do something else
poqjilugweg
: start to work
poqjilugwet
: begin to work
psi'gwaqan
: river drive
pugwellugwet
: do a lot of work
punlugowatl
: stop working for
punlugweg
: stop working
punlugwet
: stop work
pusgilugwet
: usually works
pusgiullugweg
: usually works well / generally works well
pusgiullugwet
: usually works well / habitually works well
putaqatl
: butcher
putaqiget
: butcher
sangewlugweg
: work slowly
sangewlugwet
: work slowly / work calmly
saqamawit
: boss / chief / supervisor
sespilugweg
: work noisily
sespilugwet
: work noisily
siawlugweg
: continue work
siawlugwet
: continue work
sipgilugweg
: work slowly
sipgilugwet
: work slowly
siwlugwet
: tired of working
siwnoqigwatg
: straighten it out by hand / straighten it out by hand with a tool / straighten out by combing
sngatigna'teget, sn'katikna'teket
: work on boom / boom
sngatigna'tegewinu, sn'katikna'tekewinu
: rafter / one who gathers logs into booms destined for mill
tallugweg
: how does it work?
tallugwet
: what is he/she doing? / what type of work does he/she do? / what does he/she do?
te'sipowji'j
: young horse / foal / portable work bench (in carpentry) / sawhorse
tellugweg, tel'lukwek
: works in such a way
tellugwet, tel'lukwet
: do such work / works in such a way
temastaqte'muet
: cut hair / barber / hairdresser / barber / hairdresser
tepilugwet
: work enough to... / work enough for...
tewlugwet
: work away from home / work outside the community
toqolugwegl
: two work together / two work in tandem
toqolugwejig
: work together / work in tandem / work in pairs
usgaqan
: fishery / fishing industry
usgewinu
: fisher
wa'we'j
: egg person (deliverer)
wantaqilugwet
: work calmly / work quietly
wejilugweg
: works from... / works because... / reason it works
wejilugwet
: work because / reason for work / work from (location)
wellugweg
: works well
wellugwet
: do good work / works well / do well (in general) / succeed (in general)
wenaqto'sit
: move up (in world) / help oneself up (in the world)
wesgo'tas'g
: worked on
wesigalatl
: tell fortune of
wesuejo'qwa'latl
: undertake / tackle / take on
wesuejo'qwa'toq
: undertake / tackle / take on
wi'gu'lugweg
: work strangely / work weirdly
winpasit
: hustle / try hard
wiuse'j
: butcher / meat handler (cutter)