RIVER TRANSPORTATION AND FISHING                                    May 05, 2020

Vocabulary in Mi’kmaq/ English:

Ala’sin samqwani’ktuk na wije’wtesk. – When you travel by water you follow:

Sipu – river.

Sipu’ji’j – brook.

Qospem – lake.

Wtta’n or Kta’n – ocean.

Pi’tawk – upriver.

Ala’sin samqwani’ktuk na kisi-wekettesk. – When you travel by water you can use:

Kwitn – canoe.

Welipot – boat.

Plaso’lk – cargo or passenger.

Lapukwan – three mast sailing ship.

Kanasulk – scow, barge.

Sampo’l – schooner.

Lampo’qewu’lk – submarine.

Fishing Vocabulary:

Kaqpesaq – smelts.

Mkiknn – fish hooks.

A’pi’ – fishing net.

Mijipjewaqnatkw – fishing rod.

Lampo’q – underwater.

Present Tense of the Verb “ekwitamey” I fish.

Ni’n ekwitamey - I fish.

Ki’l ekwitamen – you fish.

Nekm ekwitamet _ s/he fishes.

Wtusi’l ekwitamelital- His/or her daughter is fishing.