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gapsgw
Recordings:
Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw
Part of Speech:
noun inanimate
Pronunciation Guide:
gapskw
Translation:
Waterfall
Meanings:
waterfall
Example of word used in a sentence:
Text:
Gi's gi'l wejien gapsgwigtug?
Translation:
Have you been to the waterfall?
Recording:
Recording by ewm 🔉
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
gapsgul --
waterfalls
-- (plural)
Related entries for category "water"
a'lulatl
: guide (by boat)
a'lutasit
: guide (by boat) / fishing guide
a'sugwesugwijig
: meet on water(by canoe) / come together (by rowboat)
ala'lugweg
: float around / float about / dance about
ala'lugwet
: float around / float about / dance about
ala'q
: swim about
alasugwet
: wade about
alitg
: flows about / flows in different directions
alm'stapueg
: shriveled up
alm'stapuet
: shriveled up from soaking in water
alqo'qweg
: float about
alqo'qwet
: float about
alu'latl
: row about
amisisguapua'q
: slightly muddy water / somewhat muddy liquid
apaqt, apaqt
: sea / off shore
apaqtu'jg, apaqtu'jk
: inshore / short distance offshore
apatpa'q, apatpa'q
: returning tide
apitapueg, apitapuek
: waterlogged
apitapuet, apitapuet
: waterlogged
aps'tgu'j
: narrow stream / brook / small stream
apsgwitg, apskwitk
: form eddy / back water eddy
asoqo'mutaqan
: ferry / boat
asoqoma'q
: swim across
asoqomasugwet
: wade across in water
asoqomm'taqan
: ferry / boat
asoqomo'teget
: ferry across
atuasgwa'q
: swim on back
atuomg
: sand / beach sand
eguma'toq
: anchor
egumig
: anchored
egumit
: anchored
egwija'latl
: immerse / dip into the water (or liquid)
egwija'toq
: immerse / dip into a liquid
egwijatpa'latl
: dip the head into the water (or liquid)
egwijing
: in water / in liquid
egwitg
: in water / in liquid
ela'q
: swim toward
elapaqta'tl
: splash / squirts
elapaqtesteget
: cast (fishing line) / mark (with a chalk line)
elapaqto'sit
: splash oneself / spray oneself
elasugwet
: wade in water towards
eligua'laq
: liquid dripping down from an opening / leaks
eligua'lat
: dripping down from / leaks
elisugwit
: paddle toward
enmigiaq
: falling of the tide / receding (tide)
enmitg
: flow away
eppa'q
: warm liquid
esamqwat
: drink
esamqwatg
: drink it / drinks of it
esamuqo'tlatl
: give a drink to
espeg
: leak
espet
: leak
etligmiet
: boiling
gapsgu'j
: little waterfall
gapsguji'j
: tiny waterfall
gapsgw
: waterfall
gapsgwamgitg
: rapid water / rapid water preceeding a waterfall
gasiptna'sit
: wash hands
gawasg'pa'q
: reversing tide / reverses
gep't'g
: frozen over (water)
gesigawamgwitg
: fast current
gesigawitg
: flow swiftly / swift current
getapa'q
: sink into water / sink into liquid
getapa't
: sink
getapet
: dive / go under water
getapetesing
: dive / duck underwater
gisupa'q
: lukewarm (of liquid)
gjigapa'n
: tide
gta'n
: ocean
gwitn
: canoe
gwitna'q
: go by canoe
jajiga'q
: swim along the shore / creep along in the water like a lobster
jajiga'sit
: going along/beside the shore / going along/beside edge
ji'matg
: paddle / row
ji'met
: row / paddle
jigalugg
: paddle alone or singlehandedly / pole alone or singlehandedly
jigwapa'n
: tide (Bear River)
jipu'ji'j
: brook
lampo'q
: bottom of lake / bottom of river
lapaltnewei
: holy water
lapatign
: holy water sprinkler
Listuguji'j
: Miramichi River
lmu'ju'pa'q
: neap tide / dog tide
lnuipi
: native paddle
magu'n
: iceberg / big block of ice
maqatgwig
: big waves / heavy seas
maqigtulit
: have a big boat
matamgejuig
: confluence of waterways
mespo'qeg
: flooded
mespo'qet
: flooded
mgumi
: ice / icecube
mgumi'gn
: icicle
mgumi'gnig
: icy (in patches)
mgumi'gnit
: icy (in patches)
milpegitg
: flow in many directions
mllawa'latl, ml'awa'latl
: take from shore / take off-shore
mnnawa'latl
: take from shore / take off-shore
na'taqama'latl
: bring ashore
na'taqama'sit
: go ashore
na'taqama'toq
: bring ashore
na'taqamtug
: at the shore / at the riverbank
naqana'pet
: draw water from (well or river)
naqasua'toq
: extinguish / put out / turn off
natawa'q
: know how to swim
natqa'latl
: remove from water
natqa'piet
: remove net from water
natqa'sit
: get out of water
natqa'toq
: remove from water
natqapilatl
: rope in from water / reel or rope to shore / reel in from water
natqapilawet
: pull out of water by rope or fish line / remove from water
natqapilg
: rope in from water / reel in from water / remove from water by rope
nenmue'g
: damp / damp
nenmue'g
: damp / damp
nessapoqwat
: lap (up)
newapalatl
: cool off with water
newapatoq
: cool off with water
newugulasing
: moist underneath
niweteg
: low tide
nqana'paqsun
: well bucket
nqani'gn
: dip net / scoop
nqani'guom
: manger / shelter / stable / well house
nqano'pati
: well (of water)
nuja'q
: swimmer
oqwasa'toq
: beach (canoe) / pull up on the shore
pagwe'jg
: shallow water
papga'lugwet
: drift down the coast / drift down river
paqasa'latl
: place in the water (river)
paqasa'sit
: goes in the water
paqasa'toq
: put in the water (river) / launch into water
paqasaqalatl
: throw in water / launch
paqasaqtoq
: throw in the water / launch
paqasiet
: fall into the water
paqaste'g
: launch / cause to fall into water, river or lake / knock into water / hit into water
paqo'si
: seaweed
paqtlusg'teg
: extremely low tide
pema'q
: swim along
pemamgwe'get
: pole along
pemaqteget
: sail along
pemijajiga'sit
: move along the shore / walk along shore
pemijajigisugwit
: paddle along the shore
pemiji'met
: paddle along / row along
pemisiawaqteget
: sail along by
pemisugwit
: paddle along
pemitg
: flow along
pemji'malatl, pem'ji'malatl
: paddle along / row along
pemji'matg, pem'ji'matk
: paddle along / row along
pemji'met, pem'ji'met
: paddle along / row along
pempa'q
: rise (of tide)
pempega's'g
: start to rise (of tide)
pempegitg
: flow along
pemqo'gwet
: float along / drift along
pemqo'qweg
: float along / drift along
pemsiawqo'qweg, pem'siawqo'qwek
: float by
pemsiawqo'qwet, pem'siawqo'qwet
: float by
pemto'gwet
: drift off (to sleep) / pass out (from drinking) / drift along (on the water)
pi'taw
: up river / up stream
pi'tawa'latl
: take up river / take up stream
pi'tawa's'g
: goes up river / goes up the coast
pi'tawa'sit
: going up river / goes up the coast
pisaqqan
: bubble
pnasu'lgw
: ship / vessel
po'gwin
: lagoon
poqtamgwe'get
: start off poling (in boat)
poqtisugwit
: start off by boat / begin or start paddling
psi'gwaqan
: river drive
psitn
: river channel
psitnu'j
: small river channel
qospem
: lake
samqwan
: water
samqwanapua'q
: watery / diluted with water
samuqwaniaq
: becomes watery
samuqwaniet
: becomes watery
saqpe'g
: wet / wet
saqpejaq
: damp / boggy
saqpiaq
: get wet / get damp
saqpiet
: get moist
saqpigjat
: have a wet bottom
sewisto'gweg
: break up (through action of water)
sewisto'gwet
: break up (through action of water)
si'n'g
: bail water (from boat)
si'niget
: bails water (from boat)
sintesmatl
: empty a glass or bottle by drinking the remaining beverage / packs down or compacts something inside a container (barrel/basket) by pounding or dropping
sipu
: river
sipu'ji'j
: brook
sisgu
: mud
sisguapu
: muddy water
sisguig
: muddy
sngatigna'taqan, sn'katikna'taqan
: raft (of logs)
sngatigna'teget, sn'katikna'teket
: work on boom / boom
tajiga'q
: swim along the shore / creep along in the water like a lobster
tajiga'sit
: going along/beside the shore / going along/beside edge
taqawanapi
: grilse net / trout net
tegismit
: swim
tegpa'q
: cold (of liquid)
temig
: deep
tg'poq
: spring water / a spring of water
tgu
: wave
tguig
: wavy (of sea)
tgupoq
: bubbling spring
waju'pa'q
: high tide
wantaqpa'q
: calm water
wantaqpegitg
: flows calmly / still flowing water
waqamitg
: clean flowing water
wasapa'q
: crystal·clear water
we'gwamgwe'get
: pole (boat) to a certain spot
wejaqama'toq
: boil
wejaqamiaq
: boil
wejaqamiet
: boil
wejgwapa'q
: incoming or rising tide
wejgwaqteget
: come sailing toward
wejgwigwitna'q
: come by canoe
wejgwina'taqamisugwit
: paddle to shore
wejgwisugwit
: come rowing or paddling toward
wesgitpega's'g
: flow over
wesgitqo'qweg
: float
wesgitqo'qwet
: float
wetqapalatl
: soak / immerse in water
wetqapalsit
: soak / immerse in water / bathe
wetqapatoq
: soak / immerse in water
Related entries for category "geography"
Enmigtaqamu'g
: Nova Scotian mainland
gapsgu'j
: little waterfall
gapsguji'j
: tiny waterfall
gapsgw
: waterfall
gapsgwamgitg
: rapid water / rapid water preceeding a waterfall
Gesgapegiaq
: Gesgapegiaq, Quebec / Where the river widens
gmtn, km'tn
: mountain
gta'n
: ocean
mntn, mn'tn
: mountain
mtasoq
: ledge / cliff / slate
Te'sn'geg
: Heron island
temig
: deep
Tui'gn
: Canso Strait, Nova Scotia / passage
tuitn
: narrows
Unma'gi
: Fourth Mi'gmaq district / Cape Breton Island
usgitqamug
: surface (of the earth) / above ground
wowj
: quicksand pit / pit
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