Posted: May 5, 2020
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.