sewista'tl :: pound or hack to bits -- Mi'gmaq/Mi'kmaq Online

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Ngwis gis pejisuista'tl wasuego'ql ge's lamuguomg almila'sij.
Translation: My son accidently broke the flower vase while he was playing in the house.
Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

sewiste'g -- I pound or hack...to bits -- (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

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apatta'tl, apatta'tl : hit back / win back / send back
asu'tesguatl : kick back and forth / walk back and forth / repeatedly return/go to...
ejiglta'tl, ejikl'ta'tl : strike or drive away / hit away / shoo away
ejiglte'g, ejikl'te'k : drive it away / hit it away / beat it away
eligpete'get : make basket splints / pound ash
ennmta'tl : hammer in / drive in / embed in
ennmte'g : drive in / hammer in / embed in
etlta'tl, etl'ta'tl : beat / strike / hit
etlte'g, etl'te'k : beat on / strum / play(musical instrument) / hit / knock
geitapaqte'g : drive in (as nail)
gesita'tl : hit hard / beat-up badly
getmete'gl : win all / break all / destroy all
gewta'tl : knock down
gewte'g : knock down
gipoqtelg : graze (by shooting)
gista'tl : beat-up / finish beating
giste'g : finish playing(instrument) / able to play instrument / finish beating / finish hitting
gmutta'tl : beat with a stick
gmutte'g : beat with a stick
jaqalta'tl : finish off fast (in boxing, game or cards)
maltewte'g, mal'tewte'k : cause to bleed by striking
matta'tl : spank / beat
matte'g : beat / spank / thrash
mattejjuei : hammer
mattelg : shooting at
matteluatl : shoot at
me'ta'tl : successfully hit / successfully strike
me'te'g : successfully hits
me'telg : successfully hits with a shot / successfully shoots it
me'teluatl : succeed at shooting
mesqaneiteluatl : take down by a shot
metete'get : knocking / pounding
migutesg'g : bump into / run into
migutesguatl : bump into / run into / run over
naqasueta'tl : beat out fire
naqasuete'g : beat out (extinguish) fire
nasgoqta'tl : split lengthwise (with heavy blow)
nasgoqte'g : split lengthwise (by striking) / split in half (by striking)
nasgoqte'get : splitting wood / splitting (by striking with a tool)
nipispaqanta'tl : beat with switch / beat with twigs
nipispaqante'g : beat with switch
nistelg : shoot down
nisteluatl : shoot down
nugjaqta'tl : smash to bits / mash
nugta'tl : soften by pounding / soften by hitting / tenderise
nugte'g : tenderise / soften by pounding / soften by hitting
o'pl'ta'tl : hit wrongly / strike wrongly
o'pl'te'g : strike wrongly / hit wrongly
paqsipgeitelua'tl : shoot and kill instantly (with gun or bow and arrow)
pe'sg'g : shoot at
pe'sg'teg : fired (as gun)
pe'sgigeg : shoot
pe'sgiget : fire / shoot
pe'sguatl : shoot at
peji'taqane'ita'tl : slap on neck
pelgoqta'tl : strip off with sharp tool
pelgoqte'g : strip off with sharp tool
pesigte'get : split wood
pesigweita'tl : slap face
pesoqopsg'ta'tl : miss (in swinging, or striking) / fumble
pesoqopsg'te'g : fumble / partially block / miss (in swinging, or striking)
pesoqta'tl : miss aimed at / fail to hit (aimed)
pesoqte'g : miss / fail to hit (something aimed)
pesoqtelg : fail to shoot something aimed at / miss (in shooting)
pesoqteluatl : fail to hit someone aimed at / miss (in shooting)
petguta'tl : knock out
petta'tl : strike unintentionally / hit unintentionally
pette'g : stikes unintentionally / hit unintentionally
pettesguatl : accidentally bump into / chases here
sapa'qe'g : a hole through (as tunnel) / pass through (as tunnel)
sapta'tl : sting, pierce
saputeta'tl : pierce through by a blow / cut or knock through
saputete'g : pierce through by a blow / cut or knock through
saputetesg'g : kick through / run through
sewista'tl : pound or hack to bits
sewiste'g : pound or hack to bits
sewistestoq : smash
sigta'tl : strike dead
taqamatl : hit / jab / punch
taqt'g : hit / strike / jab / punch
tegtesg'g : kick
tegtesgewet : kick / complain / object
tegtesguatl : kick
telta'tl : hit in such a way / cut or chop
telte'g : cut or chop / hits
temtesg'g : break by kicking or stomping
tlawo'qta'tl : strikes with knife
tlawo'qte'g : strike with knife
tmi'gnta'tl, tmi'kn'ta'tl : strike with axe
tmi'gnte'g, tmi'kn'te'k : strike with axe
welta'tl : hit well / meet up with / catch
welte'g : hit well / strike well / play well / earn well / make good money