nipaqtegewatl

Recordings:

Part of Speech: verb animate transitive

Pronunciation Guide: ni·bahk·te·gew·a·têl

Translation: He/she sails at night for him/her/someone

Meanings:

sails at night for

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Nipaqtegewaji wo'guma muta getu jaqalinmia'tniji.
Translation: He/she is sailing his/her relatives home by night because they want to get there quickly.
Recording: Recording by dmm 🔉

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

nipaqtegewg -- I sail overnight for him/her -- (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)
nipaqtegewul -- I sail overnight for you -- (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)
nipaqtegewit -- He/she sails overnight me -- (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

Document References:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #607

Transcription:	nipagtegeog, geoit, mettre à la voile de nuit pour qqun, p. ê. conduire
Expanded:	nipagtegeog, nipagtegeoit, mettre à la voile de nuit pour quelqu'un, peut être conduire
Transliteration:	nipaqtegewg, nipaqtegewit, set sail at night for someone, maybe steer (navigate?)
Source as entry:	nipaqtegewg, I sail at night for him/her/someone
Source as entry:	nipaqtegewit, he/she sails at night for me
Normalized source as entry:	nipaqtegewatl, he/she sails at night for him/her/someone

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #192
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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nipaqtegewatl : sails at night for