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mtasoq
Recordings:
Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw
Part of Speech:
noun inanimate
Pronunciation Guide:
êm·ta·sohk
Translation:
Ledge
Meanings:
ledge
cliff
slate
Example of word used in a sentence:
Text:
Angam ala wi'sisji'j ge'gupuguit mtasoqg.
Translation:
Look at the small animal standing at the top of the ledge.
Recording:
Recording by dmm 🔉
Related entries for category "land"
atuomg
: sand / beach sand
elmalqe'ji'j
: small hole
elmalqei
: hole
Enmigtaqamu'g
: Nova Scotian mainland
enqanateg
: beneath surface
esnaqamigeg
: solid ground / firm ground
espese’g
: high cliff edge / sharp upward incline
gasgipnaqtug
: on the shore
gmtn, km'tn
: mountain
gunte'j, kun'te'j
: pebble / small stone / small rock
guntew, kun'tew
: stone / rock
guntewapsgeg, kun'tewapskek
: rocky / rocky texture
guntewapsgiaq
: rocky area / rocky landscape
guntewapsgitg
: rocky shore
guntewig
: area of stone/rock
iga'taqan
: cultivated field / cultivated land / garden / yard
jigg'puteget
: rake
l'sg'j
: map / directory marked out
lamqamu'g
: underground
mals
: flint
maqamigew
: land / ground
menigu
: island
metoqiet
: descend in elevation / go down to / come down to
metoqwa'latl
: bring down to / take to lower land / take to lower elevation
metoqwa'toq
: bring down to / take to lower elevation / take to lower land
metoqwiwsit
: move to lower land / move down to
Mi'gma'gi
: territory of the Mi'gmaq nation
milqamigeg
: uneven / hilly (of ground or floor)
mntn, mn'tn
: mountain
mpisune'gati
: area of medicinal plants
msigue'gati
: hay field
mtasoq
: ledge / cliff / slate
musigapsg'g
: smooth and round / bare and round
nunmaqeg
: slope / slight incline
nunmaqet
: slope / slight incline
pga'w
: clay
pitalqeg
: deep hole
pqa'lu'sgw
: clay
qomuti
: harbour / haven
saqpejaqamig
: swamp / damp ground / wet lands
sipawas'g
: cleared area in the woods
so'qiaq
: go to higher ground or level / go up (in altitude) / go up to the woods (Listuguj)
so'qwa'latl
: take to higher ground or level / take him/her/it up to the woods (Listuguj) / take up (in altitude)
so'qwa'toq
: take to higher ground or level / taking it up to the woods (Listuguj) / take up (in altitude)
tupsia'qami
: alder grove
U'sa'gna'gi
: land of the Saguenay
um'tgi
: territory / land / homeland
walgwe'g
: low place / hollow place / dip in earth / hollow
wejgwimaqamigewa'sit
: Coming by land. / Coming over land.
wesawa'q
: hang over or on edge
wesawei
: point / projection
wowj
: quicksand pit / pit
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
epiga'latl
: put on top of
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
gasgawgti
: roadside
gasgipnaqtug
: on the shore
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
pugtewigtug
: at the fire / in the fire
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
qomuti
: harbour / haven
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