Gespogwitg
Translation: First district
Part of Speech: noun inanimate
Meanings:
- First Mi'gmaq district
- present day southern western Nova Scotia
Example of word used in a sentence:
- Text: Gi's gi'l Gespogwitg wejien?Translation: Have you been to the First District?Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉
Pronunciation Guide: ges·po·gwittk
Related Entry: Gespugwitg
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 : New Carlisle
- apaqt : sea / off shore
- apaqtu'jg : inshore / short distance offshore
- aplugwet : return from work / back from work
- aqamoqwe'gati : white ash grove
- aqjigateg : shade
- aquoqomqeg : at bend / at turn
- aqupit : hidden and sitting
- aquteg : 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
- epiga'latl : put on top of
- 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 : 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
- gasgawgti : roadside
- gasgipnaqtug : on the shore
- 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
- giwset : come upon moose in their yard / come upon caribou in their yard
- 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
- pugtewigtug : at the fire / in the fire
- 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
- qaspem : lake edge / border of a lake
- qasqamgeg : Cascumpeg, Prince Edward Island / steep sandbank
- qasqisipug : on the shore
- qataig : half way / midway
- qomuti : harbour / haven
- 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