ni'pa'pit

Recordings:

Part of Speech: verb animate intransitive

Pronunciation Guide: nii·paa·bit

Translation: He/she sits overnight at a wake or a vigil

Meanings:

sits at wake overnight
sits overnight at vigil

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Wela'wgul na ni'pa'pitew ugjit umijgamija.
Translation: At night he/she will sit at wake for his/her grandfather.
Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

ni'pa'pi -- I sit at wake -- (first person singular animate)
ni'pa'pieg -- we sit at wake -- (first person dual exclusive animate)
ni'pa'pultieg -- we sit at wake -- (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document References:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #607

Transcription:	nīpăpi, veillée nocturne (112, 1), nipapoltitesno, nous veillerons ensemble (N. S. au jardin) être à la veillée (Pi. [lut])
Expanded:	nīpăpi, veillée nocturne (112, 1), nipapoltitesno, nous veillerons ensemble (Nova Scotia au jardin) être à la veillée (Pi. [lut])
Transliteration:	ni'pa'pi, night vigil (112, 1), nipapultitesnu, we will attend/sit wake together (N. S. in the garden/outdoors) be at the vigil (Pi. [lut])
Source as entry:	ni'pa'pi, I sit wake, I sit overnight at a wake, I sit at a night vigil
Source as entry:	nipapultitesnu, we will attend/sit wake together (N. S. in the garden/outdoors) be at the vigil
Normalized source as entry:	ni'pa'pit, he/she sits wake, he/she sits overnight at a wake or a vigil

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #288
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 #150

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