metpit

Recordings:

Translation: He/she is not wearing outerwear

Part of Speech: verb animate intransitive

Meanings:

not wear outerwear

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Tuma ale'g gujmug, metpit.
Translation: Tom is hanging around outside, without outerwear.
Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉

Pronunciation Guide: met·bit

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

metpieg -- we are not wearing outer wear -- (first person dual exclusive animate)
metpultieg -- we are not wearing outer wear -- (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document References:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #708

Transcription:	etre assis pres d’un feu (au dehors), metpai;
Transliteration:	to be sitting near the fire (outdoors/outside), metpai;
Normalized source as entry:	metpit, he/she is not wearing outerwear
Public Note:	On page of "pogteo, fire" related words.
Public Note:	The Speakers Group discussion for metpai lead to concluding that metpit, he/she is not wearing outerwear, should be added and recorded for the dictionary.

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #123
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 #137

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