gli'gn

• 1.

  Translation: Flagpole
  Part of Speech: noun inanimate
  Meanings:

  • flagpole
  • large post
  • prop
  Example of word used in a sentence:

  • Text: Gli'gn mu nugu gaqaminug ta'n als'tuoguomeg i'teg'pneg.
    Translation: The flagpole is no longer standing where the church used to be.
    Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉
  Pronunciation Guide: kêl·ii·kên
  
  
  Alternate Grammatical Forms:

  • gli'gnn -- flagpoles -- (plural)
  Document References:

  • Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #787

    Transcription:	temeo? Petit poteau (157,1) , geligen - temŏgtao, grand
    Expanded:	temeo? Petit poteau (157,1) , geligen - temŏgtao, grand poteau
    Transliteration:	tmew? Small post (157,1) , gli’gn, tmoqta’w, large post
    Source as entry:	gli'gn, post
    Normalized source as entry:	gli'gn, small post or prop
    Public Note:	In Listugujg gli'gn is a flagpole, a snack (something to hold you over until the next meal (Herby Martin)), anything that saves you, holds you over.

  • Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #213
  • Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #218
  • Rand's Micmac dictionary from phonographic word-lists - transcribed and alphabetically arranged, with a grammar and list of place-names by Jeremiah S. Clark, Page Image #195

• 2.

  Translation: Something to hold you over until the next...
  Part of Speech: noun inanimate
  Meanings:

  • snack
  • hold-over until...
  • temporary support
  Example of word used in a sentence:

  • Text: Ula gli'gn gnnitew glapis uloqotalan.
    Translation: This snack will keep me until I eat supper.
    Recording: Recording by dmm 🔉
  
  

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