naqs'tesg'g :: makes the distance in a short time / travels quickly -- Mi'gmaq/Mi'kmaq Online

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Naqs'tesg'g na ula nipugtug wejiet.
Translation: It didn't take him/her very long to go to the woods and back.
Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

naqs'tesgm -- I make the distance in a short time -- (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
naqs'tesgmeg -- We make the distance in a short time -- (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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eli'pit : rush toward
enm'gate'pit : trot onward or home / scoot onward or home / beat it home
etepna'tl : catch up with
etepne'g : catch up with
gaqawa'sit : go by quickly
gegwe'g : is a slowpoke / slow-moving / is a slowpoke / slow-moving
gegwe'g : is a slowpoke / slow-moving / is a slowpoke / slow-moving
gesigaq : slides fast
gesigat : slides fast
gesigawa's'g : goes at high speed / move fast
gesigawa'sit : goes at high speed / move fast
gesigawamgwitg : fast current
gesigawi'pit : moving fast / scooting along quickly
gesigawitg : flow swiftly / swift current
gesigawlugweg : works quickly
gesigawlugwet : works fast / works non-stop / works quickly
gsigawa'suinu : fast runner
igatne'suinu : racer
igatne'we'sm : racer (animal) / race horse
igatne'wet : race / win a race
ilteget : shut quickly
iltijieget : slam shut
jaqala'latl : rush / cause to do fast
jaqala'sit : rush / go fast / move fast
jaqala'toq : do fast
jaqale'g : quick / fast / fast / quick
jaqale'g : quick / fast / fast / quick
jaqali'sit : fast-speaker
jaqalilugwet : work quickly
jaqalipiasatl : dry quickly (sweater)
jaqalipiasg : dry quickly (clothing)
jaqalipnet : illness progresses quickly
jaqallugweg : works quickly
jaqalta'tl : finish off fast (in boxing, game or cards)
jaqalte'g : earn quickly / gather quickly / chop quickly
jenpit : sit quietly / sit calmly
jenteg : quiet
mala'sit : not doing well (health) / progressing slowly
maligweg : grow at a slow pace / weak growth / feeble growth
maligwet : grow at a slow pace / stunted growth / undersized growth / feeble growth
masquta'tl : quickly hide
masqute'g : quickly hide / temporarily hide / put away quickly or temporarily / save temporarily (slang)
mattesg : shake
mattesing : shaking
naqs'tesg'g : makes the distance in a short time / travels quickly
naqsilugweg : works quickly
naqsilugwet : work quickly
naqsinijgig : heal quickly
naqsinijgit : heal quickly
naqsinpat : sleep easily / sleep without trouble / go to sleep early / falls asleep quickly
naqsio'pla'toq : quickly do wrong
naqsipgising : arrive early / arrive ahead of time
naqsitetapua'toq : quickly do right / quickly do correctly
nenaq'ta'sit : thinks quickly / brain racing / anxious
nenaqa'sit : hurry
nenaqe'g : in a hurry / in a rush
nutatesg'g : have not reached destination
pawa'sit : move slowly
peji'pit : arrive hurriedly / drop by / hurry over
pemsing : hurry by / pass by (in the air)
pemsutoq : hurrying by with
sangew : slowly / calmly / carefully / gently
sangewa'latl : go slowly with / do gently
sangewa's'g : go slow / cruise along / saunter along
sangewa'sit : go slow / cruise along / saunter along
sangewa'toq : go slow with / do gently
sangewi_angita'sit : think slowly
sangewi'sit : talk slowly
sangewlugweg : work slowly
sangewlugwet : work slowly / work calmly
sangewowo'gwet : talk softly / talk slowly
sangewsawet : trim slowly / plow slowly
sipga'latl : do it slowly
sipga'toq : do it slowly
sipge'g : slow-moving / slowpoke
sipgi'sit : speaks slowly
sipgilugweg : work slowly
sipgilugwet : work slowly
tepne'g : catch up with / catch up to
tetaqa'sit : rush / hurry
tetaqe'g : hurry / rush
wisqi'pit : go full speed / dash off / sprint