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matnaggewinu
Recordings:
Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw
Part of Speech:
noun animate
Pronunciation Guide:
ma·dê·nak·ke·wi·nu
Translation:
Fighter
Meanings:
fighter
warrior
Example of word used in a sentence:
Text:
Matnaggewinu'l apnmiatl.
Translation:
He/she has just returned from seeing the fighter.
Recording:
Recording by dmm 🔉
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
matnaggewinu'g --
fighters
-- (plural)
matnaggewinu'l --
a fighter
-- (fourth person)
Related entries for category "people"
alaqtegewinu
: mariner / sailor
almana'giewa'j
: German
aluse'wit
: carpenter / carpentry
aniapsuinu, aniapsuinu
: penitent / one who sacrifices / missionary
aniapsuinu'sgw, aniapsuinu'skw
: female penitent / female who sacrifices / female saint / female missionary / nun
antaguej, an'takuej
: black man / black person / African-Canadian person
antaguejgwej, an'takuejkwej
: black woman / African-Canadian woman
apaqtugewa'j, apaqtukewa'j
: European
aqalasie'w, aqalasie'w
: English person / Englishman
e'jnt
: indian agent
e'pit
: woman
e'pite'ji'j
: young girl
e'pite's
: young woman / unmarried woman
e'pitewe'sm
: womanizer / woman-chaser
e'pitewit
: is a woman
elege'wi'sgw
: queen / queen in deck of cards
elege'wi'sgwe'j
: princess
elege'wit
: king / king in deck of-cards
elege'witji'j
: prince
ewle'juinu
: poor person / forlorn person
ganatie'si's
: young Canadian male
ganaties
: Canadian
ganatiesui'sgw
: Canadian woman
ganatiesui'sgwe'j
: young Canadian female
gapiten
: captain
gast'pl
: police officer
ge'tipnewinu
: harvester
gegina'muet
: teach
Gespe'gewa'j
: resident of Gaspe / resident of the seventh district / Gaspesian / a person from Gaspe
gespugwitnewa'j
: (Annapolis) valley person
gi'gassuinu
: teaser / jokester
gi'l
: you (singular)
gi'lewei
: your(singular) / yours(singular) / your(singular) / yours(singular)
gilew
: you (plural) / you (dual)
gilewewei
: your(plural) / yours(plural) / your(plural) / yours(plural)
ginu
: we / us(inclusive)
gisigu
: old man / elderly man
gisigu'sgwe'j
: spinster
gisiguo'p
: old man
gisigwenign
: adopted child
gisteju
: slave
gjiaplue'w
: rascal
gjipa'tlia's
: bishop
glaptan
: blacksmith
gneg_wetagutijig
: distant relatives or relations
gsigawa'suinu
: fast runner
gsnugowinu
: sick person
gtigiewinuj
: drunkard
gwi's
: son / boy / little brother
gwitji'j
: son / sonny
igatne'suinu
: racer
igatne'we'sm
: racer (animal) / race horse
Ji'me'j
: James / Jim / Jimmy
ji'nm
: man
ji'nmji'j
: young man / unmarried man
ji'nmji'ju'et
: become a young man / enter manhood (post puberty)
ji'nmu'qamigsit
: act like a man
ji'nmue'sm
: man chaser / likes the company of men (usually refers to a woman)
ji'nmuit
: is a man
jipugtugwewa'j
: Haligonian
Lesui'p
: Jew
lnu
: Mi'kmaw person / indigenous person / native person / aboriginal person / first nations person
lnu_saqama'sgw
: female native chief / female aboriginal chief / female first nations chief
lnu_saqamaw
: native chief / aboriginal chief / first nations chief
lnu'sgw
: native woman / aboriginal woman / first nations woman
lpa'tu'ji'j, l'pa'tu'ji'j
: small boy / young boy
lpa'tu's, l'pa'tu's
: young man / unmarried man
lpa'tuj, l'pa'tuj
: boy
lpa'tujuit, l'pa'tujuit
: be a boy
lu'sue'sgwewit
: is a daughter·in·law
lu'suesgwewa'sit
: perform duties of prospective daughter·in·law / become a prospective daughter·in·law / become a daughter·in·law
lu'sugwewa'sit
: becomes a son·in·law
lugowinu
: worker / laborer
lugowinu'sgw
: worker (female) / laborer (female)
lugs'ji'j
: youngster / young boy / kid
maljewe'j
: youngster / young person
maljewe'juit
: young
malo'pj
: lazy person
matlot
: sailor
matnaggewinu
: fighter / warrior
me'_wen
: anyone else
mesegit
: cook / camp cook
mijua'ji'j
: baby / child
mimajuinu
: human being / person
mlgignewinu, ml'kiknewinu
: strong person
moqwa'_wen
: nobody / no one
ms't_wen
: everybody
mtesan
: youngest child born in a family / youngest born / last born child
na'tuen
: someone
nanupe'j
: quintuplet
negm
: he / she / him / her
negmow
: they / them
nemijgami'
: grampa / grandfather (term of respect for old man)
nepiteget
: healer / curer
nesupe'j
: triplet
newtugo'pj
: loner
ngutilj
: bachelor / bachelorette / spinster
nguto'pj
: loner / solitary one
ni'n
: me
niganpuguit, nikan'pukuit
: leader / stand at the front / stand ahead / leader
niganu'sgw
: female leader
niganus
: leader
ninen
: we / he/she and I / us (exclusive)
nme'j'gowinu
: fisher
nnu
: Mi'gmaw person / indigenous person / native person / aboriginal person / first nations person
nnu_saqama'sgw
: female native chief / female aboriginal chief / female first nations chief
nnu_saqamaw
: native chief / aboriginal chief / first nations chief
nnu'sgw
: native woman / aboriginal woman / first nations woman
ns'tnaqan
: orphan
nsugwi'
: aunty!
ntugsuinu
: hunter / provider
Nuel
: Christmas (name) / Christmas
nugtoqtejgwej
: house keeper / maid / servant
nugumi
: granny! / grammie!
nuja'gitteget
: sawyer
nuja'q
: swimmer
nujagnutmewinu
: lawyer / reporter
nujialapit
: watchman / watchman
nujiamalgat
: dancer / dancer
nujiewjo'teget
: delivery person / hauler / deliver / transport / haul
nujigsmoqja'teget
: foreman / pusher / foreman / pusher
nujintus
: barren / sterile
nujipi't'pet
: bartender / bootlegger
nujitmasaqte'muet
: barber
nujitoqtet
: baker (professional)
nuse'sgwet
: nurse / breastfeed / breastfeeder / nurser / wet nurse
nutagnutmewinu
: lawyer / reporter
nutanteget
: hunter / killer / hunter / killer
nutapit
: scout (around) / scout
nutapteget
: coroner
nutateji'puteget
: delivery person
nutnewet
: assist at mass / serve mass / altar boy/girl / acolyte
nutnewet
: assist at mass / serve mass / altar boy/girl / acolyte
nutpet
: bartender
nutpipnet
: bread-baker
oqote'tut
: friends!
oqoti
: dear / friend / affection term between spouses
papge'gewa'j
: person from down the coast / person from down river
papge'gewi'sgw
: female from down the coast / female from down river
pastungewa'j
: American male / American
pastungewi'sgw
: American woman / American female
pata'tegewinu
: sinner
pi'tawgowa'j
: person from up river / person from up the coast
pi'tawgowi'sgw
: female from up river / female from up the coast
pipugwaqane'j
: bugler
Plasua
: Frank / Francis
pugulatmu'j
: dwarf / elf / fairy
qopisun
: infant
qwa'niej
: phoney person
Sapatis
: Jean·Baptiste
sape'winu
: saint
saqama'j
: young gentleman
saqama'sgw
: lady / female chief / gentlewoman / woman of high rank
saqamaw
: gentleman / chief / man of high rank / big shot
segewei
: illegitimate child / bastard
sigu'sgw
: widow
sigu'sgwe'j
: young widow
siguap
: widower
siguapji'j
: young widower
sma'gnis
: soldier
sma'gnisuit
: is a soldier
sngatigna'tegewinu, sn'katikna'tekewinu
: rafter / one who gathers logs into booms destined for mill
sqapantiej
: beginner / rookie / amateur
ta'n_wen
: whomever / somebody
ta'ta
: daddy! (baby talk)
tapia'ji'jge'j
: fiddler / violinist
tata't
: father! / dad
tepgise'g
: loner / loner
tg'snugowa'j
: male westerner
tg'snugowi'sgw
: female westerner
tmawignessu
: hunchback
tp'te'snugowa'j
: southerner / male southerner
tp'te'snugowi'sgw
: female southerner
tqonasu
: person who lives common·law
tqope'j
: twin
tu's
: daughter! girl! (term of affection)
Tune'l
: legendary strong man with supernatural powers
tutji'j
: little daughter! (term of affection for child)
ugjipenugowa'j
: easterner
wa'we'j
: egg person (deliverer)
we'jitaqan
: foundling
wen
: who
wen_net
: who's that? / who's this?
wen_tana
: who is that? / who's this? / who is he/she?
wenjujgwej, wen'jujkwej
: French woman / Queen of Spades in deck of cards
wenuj
: Frenchman / French person
wesgewinoqsit
: joyful / jolly
wettaqia'tijig
: share common descent
wiglatmu'j
: dwarf (Nova Scotia) / elf (Nova Scotia) / fairy (Nova Scotia)
wiuse'j
: butcher / meat handler (cutter)
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)
Related entries for category "fight"
matnagget
: fight / struggle
matnaggewaqan
: fight / struggle / battle
matnaggewinu
: fighter / warrior
matnatl
: fight or struggle against
matng
: fight or struggle against
matntijig, matn'tijik
: fight
matntimg, matn'timk
: war / battle
nata'matnagget
: know how to fight / good fighter
poqjin'timg
: beginning of war
wejintijig
: fight over (something inanimate) / fight over (something or someone animate)