natawinsgu'mat
Translation: He/she knows how to answer back
Part of Speech: verb animate intransitive
Meanings:
- know how to answer back
Example of word used in a sentence:
- Text: Mu' natawinsgu'magw, pegije'g we'gaw gisite'tg ta'n tluetew.Translation: He/she does not know how to answer back, it takes a while before he/she can come up with a retort.Recording: Recording by dmm 馃攭
Pronunciation Guide: na路da路wins路kuu路mat
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
- natawinsgu'mai -- I know how to answer back -- (first person singular animate)
- natawinsgu'maieg -- We know how to answer back -- (first person dual exclusive animate)
- natawinsgu'ma'tieg -- We know how to answer back -- (first person plural exclusive animate)
Related entries for category "behaviour"
- alsumgusit : be obedient / is directed about / obey
- amjepit : tipsy
- e'pite'su'qamigsit : act like young (unmarried) woman
- e'pitewe'sm : womanizer / woman-chaser
- ejaqjematl : belittle / humiliate / shame
- ejoqjematl : interrupt (in conversation)
- elenqwe'set : rush over / scoot over / go toward on foot
- elist'g : disobey
- elistuatl : disobey
- elue'wipnnatl : incites to wickedness / causes to be wicked
- elue'wit : quick路tempered
- emego'teget : treat badly / abuse
- emego'tg : treat badly / abuse
- emegwatalg : eat disgusting food / eat in a disgusting manner / messy eater
- emegwe'g : act improperly / act disgustingly
- emegweiwatl : treat badly / abuse
- emtesgatalg : fussy eater / eat fussily / finicky eater
- emtesgit : conceited / arrogant / vain / snobbish
- emtesgite'lmatl : think superior over / being arrogant toward / place oneself above
- espe'g : important / high in rank / important / high in rank
- essu'tmuatl : blame
- ewnasa'sit : misconduct / misbehave / act foolish
- ewnasgwatpa'latl : confuse / drive crazy / make dizzy
- ewnasiet : confused / gone awry / mixed up / topsy turvy
- ewnasimgnajig : pick up in a disorganized way / pick in a muddled manner / choose in a jumbled way / pick up hurriedly (Nova Scotia)
- ewnasimgnasit : gather or pick up in a disorganized way / select illogically / choose in a random way / pick up hurriedly (Bear River)
- ewnasimgngl : pick up in a disorganized way / select illogically / choose in a random way / pick up hurriedly (Nova Scotia)
- ewsa'latl : threaten / shake / rough up
- ewsa'toq : pretend to hit / threaten to hit
- ewsimatl : joke / bluff / kid
- ewsitutg : show off
- gaqamu'tm'gewei : patience
- gaqiga'lsit : maximum effort / puts all of himself/herself in
- gegnu'qamigsit : act accordingly / behave appropriately / behave
- gegnua'teget : inform / do what is proper or correct
- gegnua'toq : do correctly or properly
- gegnue'g : respectful / live according to proper upbringing / certain time / special / certain thing
- gegwe'g : is a slowpoke / slow-moving / is a slowpoke / slow-moving
- gegwe'g : is a slowpoke / slow-moving / is a slowpoke / slow-moving
- geleiwatl : protect / keep watch over / hold in safekeeping
- gepmimi'walatl : humbly with respect thank / humbly with respect is grateful to
- gesaluet : love
- gesgelmatl : hold dearly / reluctant to part with
- gesgelt'g : hold dearly / reluctant to part with
- getanatl : hunt / track / chase / seek / spiteful
- getanqigalatl : stalk
- getanteget : hunter / gatherer / spiteful person
- getanuet : spiteful
- getgaqamigsit : ill路mannered
- getge'g : act indecent
- getgiet : drunk
- getlamite'lmatl : believes in / trusts in
- getlams'tg : believe / obey / follow, as in beliving in something
- getlams'tuatl : believe someone / listen to
- getuapsit : fend for oneself / help oneself
- getugtnumqwanet : want an alcoholic drink
- gi'gaja'sit : argue
- gi'gajeiwatl : aggravate / tease / do for spite
- gi'gajimatl : goad / dare / urge on / taunt / reply sarcastically or meanly / answer back
- gi'gassit : tease
- gi'gassuinu : teaser / jokester
- giaspiet : make habit of
- gime'g : secretive
- gimiet : sneak around
- giwaje'g : listless / dull
- glusgapewit : fib / tell lies / tell tall tales
- gmutnes : thief
- goqqaja'teget : do the right thing / do correctly
- gtigiewinuj : drunkard
- gtigiewuti : drunkenness
- igeggwet : fall sick / in heat (said of dog) / lose mind suddenly
- istue'g : different / not normal / strange / different / strange
- istuigit : crooked / uneven / different / dishonest
- jageju'patl : clean out (by eating) / mooch excessively (expression)
- jaqale'g : quick / fast / fast / quick
- jaqale'g : quick / fast / fast / quick
- jawa'tat : chew tobacco / use snuff
- lgowaqana'latl : bother / trouble
- lgowaqana'toq : bother / trouble
- lugowaqana'teget : bothersome / nuisance
- lugowaqanit : bothersome / troublesome
- majiaqa'latl : scold
- maligmatl : mock / tease
- malja't : stagger slowly
- massaqa'sit : takes advantage of the situation
- massaqte'get : instigate / make/cause disruption
- me'ga'sit : overact / make a big fuss / over react
- me'ga'teget : overdo / do more than expected / show off
- me'ge'g : snobbish / stuck up / haughty / inconsiderate
- me'go'pj : snob / snobbish person / vain person / stuck up person
- mega'sualatl : make a big fuss over
- melg'pugua'sit : stands hard or strong / take a stand / unrelenting / insist
- menaqajewa'latl : do carefully and correctly
- menaqajewa'toq : do carefully and correctly
- menata't : cowardly / weak / weak willed
- metu'qamigsit : hard to get along with / have bad disposition
- metuite'tg : apprehensive / dread / anxious about
- mi'gmuessue'get : possessed by mi'gmuessu
- mi'walatl : thankful for / grateful / appreciate
- mi'watg : thankful for / grateful / appreciate
- migultiat : experience (by male) pregnancy symptoms of partner / become irritated (as first child) when mother carries her second child / sympathy pains (by male)
- mila'teget : mischievous / practical joker
- miligsnqwat : hard to please / fussy
- milsuteget : gives multipital instructions / undecided
- mntuit : devilish
- mtugunoqtnugwet : behave a certain way when a storm is approaching
- mui'newqamigsit : temperament of a bear
- munsa't : persistent
- munsaiwatl : persuade / persistent persuasion / coax
- munsapit : look persistently
- munsigsma'latl : pushes persistently
- munsigsma'toq : pushes persistently
- munsigsmeget : persistent in shoving / persistent in pushing
- munsisapa'latl : persevere to pull through / persevere to save
- munsisapa'toq : persevere to save / persevere to pull through
- munso'tg : persistent in doing
- musguaje'g : frustrated / upset
- musgwatamit : lick
- musgwatg : lick
- nalagit : energetic / swift / eager
- naqana'mat : drink alcoholic beverage
- naqatgelsit : self-conscious / shy
- naqsio'pla'toq : quickly do wrong
- naqsitetapua'toq : quickly do right / quickly do correctly
- nata'tawet : know how to beg
- natawinsgu'mat : know how to answer back
- ne'tapit : critical / faultfinding / nosey
- ne'tata'sit : wise / quick thinker
- ne'tma'sit : make center of attention
- nepaqt'g : stingy
- nepe'g : sensitive / temperamental / touchy / easily offended / easily agitated
- netage'g : bashful / shy
- netago'qona'latl : shame
- newtinqana'mat : drink alone (usually alcoholic beverage)
- newtugo'pj : loner
- ni'laje'g : friendly / outgoing
- ntaqo'qon : shame / disgrace
- nujimila'teget : prankster / joker / jester / joker / prankster / jester
- nutqwe'g : immature / undeveloped / minor
- o'pla'teget : do wrong / do incorrectly
- o'pla'toq : do wrong / do incorrectly
- o'plagnutmajig : have disagreement / have misunderstanding
- pa'qamajeiwatl : snooping / meddlesome to him/her / examine / inspect / investigate / study
- pa'qamajo'tg : snooping / meddlesome to it / examine / inspect / investigate / study
- pe'sgiget : fire / shoot
- pegatnmat : neat / clean and tidy
- pegittemit : cry long while
- penoqwite'lmatl : look down on / snub / discriminate against
- pepsite'lmatl : disrespect / rude / discourteous
- pepsitelget : disrespectful / rude
- petqwasit : deny
- piltua's'g : turn out differently / turn out unexpectedly
- piltua'sit : turn out differently / turn out unexpectedly
- pilu'assit : foolish / silly
- pisoqqoweiegsit : greedy
- poqtatpematl : begin to nag / begin to scold
- punajeiwatl : stop doing / let someone be
- punajo'tg : stop doing / leave alone
- pusgilugwet : usually works
- qwa'niej : phoney person
- sangewite'lmatl : trust
- sangewite'tg : trust
- saputaqatg : last or stay through / endure
- sesgwe'g : lively / smart / active / hard worker / ambitious
- sespa'sit : restless / fidgety / squirm
- sespeiwatl : molest / bother with hands
- sespo'teget : molest / unfaithful in marriage / unfaithful with a married person / cheat (in love) / act the playboy/girl / cheater(in love) / playboy/girl
- sespo'teget : molest / unfaithful in marriage / unfaithful with a married person / cheat (in love) / act the playboy/girl / cheater(in love) / playboy/girl
- sespo'teget : molest / unfaithful in marriage / unfaithful with a married person / cheat (in love) / act the playboy/girl / cheater(in love) / playboy/girl
- siwa'latl : tiresome / frustrate / tired of
- siwa'teget : tiresome / boring / pest
- siwe'g : lonesome
- tagala'latl : anger / irritate / annoy
- taqale'g : grouchy
- tegtesgewet : kick / complain / object
- tegtesgewet : kick / complain / object
- tela'lsit : at fault (to self) / cause own misfortune
- tela'sit : behave or act in such manner
- tele'g : be in such a way / be that way / pregnant
- teleiwatl : treat so / treat as such
- telisqatuatl : obey
- telqamigsit : act thus / act in such manner
- tetapu'qamigsit : act accordingly / behave properly
- tetapua'teget : do what is right / do right way
- tetapua'toq : do right way / do correctly
- tetapuigsua'toq : take right or proper way
- tetujintage'g : so bashful / so shy
- unjaqajewa'teget : take it easy
- wantaqe'g : calm disposition / quiet
- wantaqpit : sits quietly / sit calmly
- wapnapit : stay up all night / see break of dawn
- wapnintoq : sing until dawn
- wapntesing : dance until dawn
- wejamoqsualatl : embrace / hug and squeeze
- wejguigaqawapuguet : come scolding / come reprimanding
- wejo'tg : attempt / try out / try / test
- wela'latl : to please / do well by
- wela'lin : thank you / I do well by you
- wela'luet : charitable / pleases
- weleiwatl : take good care of
- welgwija'latl : uplift spirit / put in good路humor / make more confident
- welgwijimatl : put in good humor / encouraging
- welgwijing : in good路humor / good路spirits
- weligsua'toq : take well / accept
- weligwetutg : pleasant expression / wear smile
- weljaqajewa'teget : take it easy
- weljepit : tipsy / feel good (from drinking)
- welm'toq : kind路hearted
- welo'teget : feel well / doing well / treat others well / kind to others
- welo'tg : take good care of
- welqamigsit : good路natured / have good disposition or character
- wesgewinoqsit : joyful / jolly
- wespaiwatl : disturb while asleep
- wetapulatl : scold / punish
- wetmguet : in the way
- wetmo'teget : bothersome / prankster / busybody / prankster / botherer
- wetqolatl : forbid
- wetqolsit : abstain
- wi'gue'g : strange / weird / unkind / mean
- wigpet : like to drink (alcoholic beverages)
- wigumat : heavy smoker
- wininuit : have mean disposition / grouchy
- winnmat : keeps a dirty place / unkempt / messy / sloppy
- winqamigsit : have bad character
- winsit : act bad or improperly
- wisguet : jealous / envious
- wisqilue'wit : quick路tempered
Related entries for category "communication"
- agnimatl : talk about / report on
- agnimuet : inform against / proclaim
- agnutg : talk about / relate what happens / confess
- agnutmajig : talk to each other / discuss / negotiate
- agnutmaqan : story / news / report / message / discussion
- agnutmuatl : tell to / report
- alm'get'g : curse / blaspheme
- almimatl : curse
- almitg : curse
- altawet : go about to beg / go about to collect donations
- amsalapuguet : say something wrong / say something incorrect
- amsalewo'gwet : say something incorrect / say something negative
- amsalutg : speak against something
- apjimatl : make speechless / outtalk
- aqalasie'wi'sit : speak the English language
- aqalasie'wimatl : says it in English / speak English to
- asiteglulatl : reply / answer back
- asitematl : reply / answer
- atu'tuejui'sit : imitate the sounds of a squirrel
- ejoqjematl : interrupt (in conversation)
- eltaqte'get : weave / wire a message to / call by phone
- etlewistoq : talk
- ewi't'g : mention / name
- ewi'tatl : mention / name
- gasplutuatl : repeats after him/her / imitates him/her / mimicks him/her
- gawasgui't'g : say in reverse / say backwards
- gelulatl : speak to
- gelusit : speak / talk
- gepa'tat : have hoarse voice
- gepi'sit : speak huskily / speak hoarsely
- gepitnetoqsit : sounds nasal / sounds hoarse
- gesmi'sit : speak in odd or unusual way / speak with a heavy accent
- gi'gajimatl : goad / dare / urge on / taunt / reply sarcastically or meanly / answer back
- gi'gataganutg : exaggerate
- gi'gatagnimatl : exaggerate about / render worst than is / render better than is
- gi'gatagnutmuatl : exaggerate something to
- gimewistoq : whisper
- gimewo'gwet : talk in a low voice / speak or talk in a whisper
- ginualatl : brag about
- ginuatg : brag about
- ginuet : brag
- glusuaqan : word / news
- gomgwejui'gas'g : written in Mi'gmaw glyph writing / written in Mi'gmaw hieroglyphics / Mi'gmaw glyph writing / Mi'gmaw hieroglyphics
- gomgwejui'gasit : hieroglyphic writing / sucker fish (gomgwej) writing / Nnu glyph writing / written in sucker fish (gomgwej) writing / written in Nnu glyph writing
- jagwet : sound loud / talk loudly
- jaqali'sit : fast-speaker
- lnu'wi't'g : refer to something by its aboriginal name / refer to something in first nations language / say in native language
- lnui'sit : speak native language / speak aboriginal language / speak first nations language
- lutmaqan : gossip / rumor / hear-say
- lutmaqaniget : spread rumors / spread gossip / spread hear-say
- mali'sit : speak poorly / speak weakly
- maqanimatl : verbally outwit / verbally embrass / verballly baffle
- mawagnutmajig : talk together
- mesimatl : report on / tell on
- metetoqsit : make repeated sounds (like groaning, chirping or cawing) / cawing, quacking (Nova Scotia)
- meteweng : heard talking
- metewjigmit : heard growling (as dog)
- metewo'gwet : heard talking
- Mi'gmewi'sit : speak Micmac
- mi'waltijig : thank each other
- najigluluet : ask permission to marry daughter
- nasplutuatl : repeat after / copy
- natagnutmuatl : go to tell / go to speak to
- natawatuet : know how to give a speech
- natawinsgu'mat : know how to answer back
- nesguatl : console
- netawet : able to talk
- nijipjulatl : encourage
- nipepestung : preach by night
- nnu'wi't'g : refer to something by its aboriginal name / refer to something in first nations language / say in native language
- nnui'sit : speak indigenous language / speak Mi'gmaw
- nujagnutmewinu : lawyer / reporter
- nujinutmaqaniget : storyteller / tattletale / gossiper
- nutagnutmewinu : lawyer / reporter
- nutapsgo'teget : scribe / writer
- nutapuguet : does not give enough information / does not say much
- o'plapuguet : say the wrong thing / say something inappropriate
- o'plwi't'g : call by wrong name / say incorrectly
- o'plwi'tatl : name or call wrongly / call by wrong name
- oqotqomatl : tease (about member of opposite sex) / tease about a potential romantic partner
- pa'qastmat : easily pick up news and gossip
- pegitewo'gwet : talk long time
- pestung : preach / make speech
- petqa'matimg : mediation
- piltu'wi't'g : call by different name
- piltu'wi'tatl : call by different name
- pisuimatl : slander
- poqtewo'gwet : begin to speak
- punajimatl : stop lecturing or berating
- puneweng : stop talking
- punewistoq : stop lecturing or preaching / stops talking
- punewo'gwet : stops talking
- pusgialagnutg : go around spreading rumors usually / gossips usually
- sa'se'wi'sit : change language / switch language
- sangewi'sit : talk slowly
- sangewowo'gwet : talk softly / talk slowly
- se'sgwet : holler / scream / shout
- sesgwalatl : holler / scream at
- sespematl : continuously bother or disturb by talking / nag
- sespewo'gwet : blab on / chatter on
- sespumatl : often mentions someone who is away / often mentions someone who is absent
- sigtewa'latl : tired of hearing him/her / tired of hearing repetition
- sipgi'sit : speaks slowly
- telimatl : tell / he/she tells him/her
- teltunget : pattern of speech / speech habits / habitual manner of speaking
- teluet : says
- teplumatl : promise
- tia'mui'suti : moose caller
- waqgaji'sit : weak speaker
- we'gwa'muatl : defeat in debate / best in argument or duel of words
- welgina'muatl : teach well / teach what is proper
- welimatl : give good talking to / give good advice to / good rejoiner (come-back)
- wesgu'muet : talks back disrespectfully
- wesgu'tg : talk about / talk business with (Nova Scotia)
- wesgumatl : refer / talk about
- wigumatl : call for / invite / send for
- wigumgusimgewei : invitation
- wigwa'smugwet : whistle
Related entries for category "speech"
- agnimatl : talk about / report on
- agnutg : talk about / relate what happens / confess
- agnutmajig : talk to each other / discuss / negotiate
- agnutmaqan : story / news / report / message / discussion
- agnutmuatl : tell to / report
- altawet : go about to beg / go about to collect donations
- amsalapuguet : say something wrong / say something incorrect
- amsalewo'gwet : say something incorrect / say something negative
- amsalutg : speak against something
- apjimatl : make speechless / outtalk
- aqalasie'wi'sit : speak the English language
- aqalasie'wimatl : says it in English / speak English to
- asiteglulatl : reply / answer back
- asitematl : reply / answer
- atu'tuejui'sit : imitate the sounds of a squirrel
- ejoqjematl : interrupt (in conversation)
- etlewistoq : talk
- gawasgui't'g : say in reverse / say backwards
- gelulatl : speak to
- gelusit : speak / talk
- gepa'tat : have hoarse voice
- gepi'sit : speak huskily / speak hoarsely
- gepiet : become hoarse
- gepitnetoqsit : sounds nasal / sounds hoarse
- gesmi'sit : speak in odd or unusual way / speak with a heavy accent
- gi'gajimatl : goad / dare / urge on / taunt / reply sarcastically or meanly / answer back
- gi'gataganutg : exaggerate
- gi'gatagnimatl : exaggerate about / render worst than is / render better than is
- gimewistoq : whisper
- gimewo'gwet : talk in a low voice / speak or talk in a whisper
- ginualatl : brag about
- ginuatg : brag about
- ginuet : brag
- glusuaqan : word / news
- jagwet : sound loud / talk loudly
- jaqali'sit : fast-speaker
- lnu'wi't'g : refer to something by its aboriginal name / refer to something in first nations language / say in native language
- lnui'sit : speak native language / speak aboriginal language / speak first nations language
- lutmaqan : gossip / rumor / hear-say
- lutmaqaniget : spread rumors / spread gossip / spread hear-say
- mali'sit : speak poorly / speak weakly
- mesimatl : report on / tell on
- metetoqsit : make repeated sounds (like groaning, chirping or cawing) / cawing, quacking (Nova Scotia)
- meteweng : heard talking
- metewjigmit : heard growling (as dog)
- metewo'gwet : heard talking
- Mi'gmewi'sit : speak Micmac
- nasplutuatl : repeat after / copy
- natagnutmuatl : go to tell / go to speak to
- natawatuet : know how to give a speech
- natawinsgu'mat : know how to answer back
- nenaqewistoq : speaking rapidly
- netawet : able to talk
- nipiagnutmat : narrates by night / tells by night / recounts by night
- nnu'wi't'g : refer to something by its aboriginal name / refer to something in first nations language / say in native language
- nnui'sit : speak indigenous language / speak Mi'gmaw
- nujagnutmewinu : lawyer / reporter
- nutagnutmewinu : lawyer / reporter
- o'plapuguet : say the wrong thing / say something inappropriate
- o'plwi't'g : call by wrong name / say incorrectly
- o'plwi'tatl : name or call wrongly / call by wrong name
- pa'qastmat : easily pick up news and gossip
- pegitewo'gwet : talk long time
- pestung : preach / make speech
- pisuimatl : slander
- poqtewo'gwet : begin to speak
- sa'se'wi'sit : change language / switch language
- sangewi'sit : talk slowly
- sangewowo'gwet : talk softly / talk slowly
- se'sgwet : holler / scream / shout
- sesgwalatl : holler / scream at
- sespematl : continuously bother or disturb by talking / nag
- sespewo'gwet : blab on / chatter on
- sespumatl : often mentions someone who is away / often mentions someone who is absent
- sigtewa'latl : tired of hearing him/her / tired of hearing repetition
- sipgi'sit : speaks slowly
- teltunget : pattern of speech / speech habits / habitual manner of speaking
- teluet : says
- teplumatl : promise
- ugsitun : voice / voice box (larynx) / language
- ugsitunapi'l : vocal cords
- waqgaji'sit : weak speaker
- wejgwialm'get'g : Comes swearing / Comes cussing.
- wesgu'muet : talks back disrespectfully
- wesgu'tg : talk about / talk business with (Nova Scotia)
- wesgumatl : refer / talk about
Related entries for category "language arts"
- a'tugwaqan : story / tale
- a'tugwet : tell story
- a'tugwewatl : tell story to
- a'tugwewinu : storyteller
- awangiljet : read poorly
- egiljet : read
- egimatl : count / recite / read
- egitg : recite / read
- espi'sit : use high路sounding language
- gawasgui't'g : say in reverse / say backwards
- gegina'matimgewei : lesson / teaching material / book
- gegina'muatl : teach
- gegnu'giljet : read correctly / read properly
- gegnuimatl : advise / instruct / speak truthfully / speak frankly
- gelulatl : speak to
- gelusit : speak / talk
- gesmi'sit : speak in odd or unusual way / speak with a heavy accent
- glusuaqan : word / news
- lnu'wi't'g : refer to something by its aboriginal name / refer to something in first nations language / say in native language
- lnui'sit : speak native language / speak aboriginal language / speak first nations language
- Mi'gmewi'sit : speak Micmac
- minu'wi't'g : repeat (what is said) / mention again
- nana'n : food (baby talk)
- natawia'tugwet : know how to tell stories
- natawinsgu'mat : know how to answer back
- nessutmalsewet : interprete / translate
- nessutmasewatl : interpret / translate for
- nestuapuguet : speak truthfully / speak wisely / speak intelligently
- nesutmalsewu'ti : interpretation / translation
- netawet : able to talk
- netawia'tugwet : know how to tell stories
- nipigina'masit : studies at night
- nnu'wi't'g : refer to something by its aboriginal name / refer to something in first nations language / say in native language
- nujinutmaqaniget : storyteller / tattletale / gossiper
- poqtewo'gwet : begin to speak
- sa'se'wi'sit : change language / switch language
- seitun : blabbermouth
- telatuemgewei : sentence (grammar)
- tli'suti : language
- waqgaji'sit : weak speaker
- welgiljet : read properly or well
- wenjui'sit : speak French language