qasgusi

Recordings:

Part of Speech: noun animate

Pronunciation Guide: hgas·ku·si

Translation: Cedar

Meanings:

cedar
cedar tree

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Qasgusi'g nigwejig gigjiw ta'n wigi.
Translation: Cedar trees grow near where I live.
Recording: Recording by ewm 🔉

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

qasgusi'g -- Cedar trees -- (plural)
qasgusi'l -- A cedar tree -- (fourth person)

Document References:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #735
Transcription: sasgosi ou ğasğosi, cèdre, cyprès
Transliteration: sasqusi or gasqusi, cedar or cypress
Source as entry: sasgosi or ğasğosi, cedar
Normalized source as entry: qasgusi, cedar
Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #65
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 #183
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 #120

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #324

Transcription:	gasgosi, sig, cedre aussi sagsgosi – g. igatagoalapeni, – il a planté des cedres (ps. 103, 16)
Expanded:	gasgosi, gasgosig, cedre aussi sagsgosi – qasgusig igatagoalapeni, – il a planté des cedres (ps. 103, 16)
Transliteration:	qagusi, qasgusi'g, cedar, also saqsgusi – qasgusi'g iga'taqwalapni – he/she planted cedars

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