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ewi'gat
Recordings:
Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw
Part of Speech:
verb animate intransitive
Pronunciation Guide:
e·wii·gat
Translation:
He/she builds a house
Meanings:
build house
make camp or dwelling
Example of word used in a sentence:
Text:
Tami ewi'gat Malia'n?
Translation:
Where is Mary Ann building her house?
Recording:
Recording by dmm 🔉
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
ewi'gai --
I build my house
-- (first person singular animate)
ewi'gaieg --
We build our houses
-- (first person dual exclusive animate)
ewi'ga'tieg --
We build our houses
-- (first person plural exclusive animate)
Document References:
Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #250
Transcription:
eoigai, bâter
Transliteration:
ewi'gai, I build a home
Source as entry:
ewi'gai, I build a home
Normalized source as entry:
ewi'gat, he/she builds a home
Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #146
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: line it(wigwam/dwelling) with boughs/branches
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asoqomm'taqan
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: wall
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: at the wall / on the wall
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: layered / divided
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: brick house
elsegni'ganigan
: stone house / rock house
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: temporary shelter
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: roof
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: shelter
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: stand tall / stand on higher plane
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: build house / make camp or dwelling
g'p'tai, kîpîtay
: ceiling / top
ga'qan
: door
ga'qanei
: entranceway / door
gaqamig
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geji'gas'g
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gina'muo'guom
: school
gloqowej
: star / dormer
gmu'j
: stick / wood / piece of lumber / pile of lumber
gmu'ji'gan
: wooden house / wooden building
go'gwejijua'pi
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gsusgwate'gn
: tent flap
guntewi'gana'q
: lives in a stone house / lives in a rock house
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: has a stone house / has a rock house
jijuejgwatp
: steeple
lagla'ns
: barn
laplusan
: prison / jail
laqpilaqan
: drape / wooden hoop support around inside of wigwam
lasqo'plaw
: board / plank
lgusuaqan, l'kusuaqan
: steps / ladder / stairs
llutaqan, l'lutaqan
: fence
llutaqanatgw, l'lutaqanatkw
: fence post
lnuoqta'w
: statue
lo'gsi'gan
: log house / log cabin
magasan
: store
magasana'sit
: go to a store
magasano'guom
: store / store house
malige'w
: keg / barrel
menjipuguejg
: post / fence post
mi'jano'guom
: bathroom / outhouse / washroom
mtuigan
: rafter / gable
mulin
: mill / machine
nasqo'plaw
: board / plank
ne'gasgi'gn
: log (before being cut into specified lengths)
nnui'gan
: Indigenous house
nqani'guom
: manger / shelter / stable / well house
nqano'pati
: well (of water)
nujigina'muo'guom
: school
oqwatqigan
: lean·to
pejigisgiaq
: ceiling
pemsaqas'g
: wall / partition
piliganlsegnigana'q
: new stone house
pitalqeg
: deep hole
pnasu'lgw
: ship / vessel
poqonaqalusgw
: wigwam pole
pugsaqte'gn
: cedar shingle / wooden shingle
qoti
: pole for hanging dried meat inside wigwam / beam/crossbar
taliganig
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temsaqas'g
: partition / wall / partitioned
tetmns'gani'gan
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ti'ls
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tmoqta'w
: log / beam
tu'sati
: house extension / porch / shed
tuop'ti
: window
waqalusan
: fort
waqamigan
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wi'g
: house / dwelling / home
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wigit
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wiguaq
: home
wigwom
: wigwam / dwelling / camp
wisse'j
: animal nest
wissei
: nest
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amgisitas'g
: partly built / partly complete / incomplete
eliatl
: make / build
eloqomgiatg
: fit handle on
eltoq, el'toq
: make / build / earn
etliatl
: making
etlitoq
: create / make
ewi'gat
: build house / make camp or dwelling
gisiatl
: creates / made
gisitoq
: finish making
lisgnuaqan
: weaving / knitting
miguteget
: plane (as in carpentry)
napgwetoq
: copy
ne'patoq
: earn / kill something
nujiajig
: make (professionally)
nujitoq
: make professionally
te'sipowji'j
: young horse / foal / portable work bench (in carpentry) / sawhorse
teliatl
: make as such / make so / make that way
telitoq
: make as such / make in such a way
tepgisitoq
: make separately / build individually
wejiatl
: make from / make out of
wejitoq
: make from / make out of