pessmgewei :: holy picture or medal or crucifix -- Mi'gmaq/Mi'kmaq Online

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: A's'tuo'guomg wejiet aq nige' alnasguatl pessmgewe'l.
Translation: He/she just came from the church and is now wearing a metal.
Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

pessmgewe'g -- holy pictures or medals or crucifix -- (plural)
pessmgewe'l -- a holy picture or a medal or crucifix -- (fourth person)

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a'sutmat : pray
alame's, alame's : mass
alame'sguimgewei : mass book
alame'sig : mass is in process
alame'siget : say mass / celebrate mass
alame'sigewatl : say mass for ...
elapalatl : splash with holywater / to use for the first time(slang) / bless
elapatoq : bless using holywater / to use for the first time(slang) / bless
elui'tmasuti : oath / pledge
etu'gutewei : scapular
gale'mewumg : Lent
gaqama'sualatl : witness (at wedding, in court) / maid of honour (at wedding) / best man (at wedding)
geggunawet : godparent
gmenie'wit : receive holy communion
gmnie'wit : take holy communion
guljiewta'sit : crucifix / crucified
guljiewto'sit : cross oneself
lapaltnewei : holy water
lapatign : holy water sprinkler
lesqe'gn : clothes trunk / coffin / casket
lnu_a'sutmamg : Native mass / Native language mass
lnu'tesing : dance native style / dance aboriginal style
malie'wit : marry
malie'wuti : marriage
najitgo'tg : to attend service / to attend church
nepuitewei_alame's : funeral mass
nesgawet : console / offer condolences / join in bereavement
nipia'sutmamg : midnight mass / Christmas
nnu_a'sutmamg : Native mass / Native language mass
nnu'tesing : dance native style / dance aboriginal style
nujo'teget : witness / serve at mass / sheperd (in the song Nujo'taqatioq) / witness (as in a wedding) / server at mass
pa'qapugua'latl : hear confession
pa'qapuguatg : confess
pa'qapuguet : confess
pa'qapuguo'ti : confession
pa'tlia's : priest / clergy
pa'tlia'si'sgw : nun
pa'tliatji'j : brother (religious)
Pa'tligs'te'wumg : Saint Patrick's Day
patgulme'sigaqan : altar
pema'teget : pallbearer
pessmgewei : holy picture or medal or crucifix
puntalatl : cast spell on / bewitch / hex
puntat : cast spell / bewitch / hex
puntatg : cast spell on / bewitch / hex
puowin : shaman / sorcerer or sorceress
Sape'wig_Gesp'teg : Holy Saturday
Sape'wig_Ne'wowei : Holy Thursday
sape'winu : saint
Se'suguli : Jesus Christ
Se'sus : Jesus
Se'ta'n : Saint·Anne
Se'tane'umg : Saint·Anne's Day
signt'g, sikn'tîk : baptize / use first time
signtuatl, sikn'tuatl : baptize / use first time
sulming : rosary
sune'wimg : fasting / time of fasting / fast day
sune'wit : fast
sunming : rosary
t'pgwan : gravel / soil / ashes from cremation
T'pgwantimg : Ash Wednesday
tego'tg : attends mass / aware of / in close touch with / pays attention to
temigale'm : mid·lent
utqotalatl : bury
utqotamg : burial / funeral
utqotaqan : grave
utqotatg : bury
wa'so'q : heaven / the heavens
weja'teget : get spouse from there
welapetmuet : obtain (religious) favor