mlgignewinu, ml'kiknewinu :: strong person -- Mi'gmaq/Mi'kmaq Online

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Lugowaqan naqamase'g ta'n tujiw melgignewinu toqolugweioq.
Text: Lukowaqan naqamase'k ta'n tujiw mel'kiknewinu toqolukweioq.
Translation: Work is easier when you are working with a strong person.
Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉

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)

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