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| Penobscot | English | POS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| eh! | pshawα | pc. | |
| ehelawi- | good will | prev. | |
| eheláwihoso | 1) he takes it easy, 2) he is lenient with himself. | AI | |
| eheláwihtahso | he is good (to everybody), is benevolent, | AI | |
| ehenawi-wə́tkaham | he balances with a stroke of the paddle, | OTI | |
| ehenawí-nehse | he catches his breath, checks his breath suddenly, | AI | |
| ehetawi-kikitáhkʷikane | he has sore legs on both sides, | AI | |
| ehetawi-kikičílokane | he has a sore lip on both sides, | AI | |
| ehetawi-kinihčíhčine | he has a big thumb on both sides, | AI | |
| ehetawi-mákʷanəwe | he has swollen cheeks on both sides, | AI | |
| ehetawi-mákʷesite | he has both feet swollen, | AI | |
| ehetawi-mákʷiləče | he has a swollen finger on each hand, | AI | |
| ehetawi-paskαlákikʷe | he has his eye collapsed on both sides, | AI | |
| ehetawi-petάpαsəwak | they come from both sides, arrive from both sides, arrive from this way and that. | AI | |
| ehetawi-skʷάyi | at both ends, on both ends, | cpd. pc. | |
| ehetawíhptine | he is ambidextrous, | AI | |
| ehetάpenke | he is slow t MISSING.... | AI | |
| ehkə́ssənike | he embraces, | AI | |
| ehkʷáhpαso | he stops weeping, | AI | |
| ehkʷálohke | he stops work, shirks, | AI | |
| ehkʷálαmo | he stops breathing (voluntarily, by intention), | AI | |
| ehkʷámalso | he is over his illness, has recovered, | AI | |
| ehkʷi- | cease, stop | prev. | |
| ehkʷi-aménαkke | he finished wrestling, | AI | |
| ehkʷi-ssápeyo | he ceases making a noise, | AI | |
| ehkʷi-wəlαpátαso | 1) it is dusk, twilight, 2) good visibility ceases, | II | |
| ehkʷí-nehse | he stops breathing (temporarily) | AI | |
| ehkʷí-wətame | he quit smoking, | AI | |
| ehpanahkə́ssəwahse | marten skin coat or robe, robe of sable, | INAN | |
| ehpanahkə́ssəwewe | marten skin, sable pelt, | AN | |
| ehpanáhkəsso | marten, sable, ⟨sciname⟩(Martes americana)⟨/sciname⟩, | AN | |
| ehpanáhkʷapo | he (bird, squirrel) sits at the side of bough. | AI | |
| ehpanáhkʷi | at the side of a bough or branch | pc. | |
| ehpíkohse | he walks on the lateral side of his feet; | AI | |
| ehpíkohse | he walks on the side of the foot, | AI | |
| ehpəmáyi | at the side, on the side | pc. | |
| ehpəmékhote | it hangs at the side | II | |
| ehpəmékhočin | he hangs at the side, at the side of it, is suspended at the side, | AI | |
| ehpαkánahtəkʷ | ulna, | INAN | |
| ehpαči- | beyond the end | prev. | |
| ehpαči-nikətáwiko | he forks, divides beyond, the end | AI | |
| ehpαči-nikətáwikən | it forks, divides beyond the end. | II | |
| ehsawanéhposo | he rattles, | AI | |
| ehsəma | 1) not yet, 2) before, not before [EA Can., also used by some Penobscots] | pc. neg. | |
| eht | of expectation, anticipation, or apparent probability, evidently, supposedly, expectedly | pc. | |
| ehtahséweye | INAN each, every | distr. pc. | |
| ehtahsəkisəkatíwi | during the course of every day, daily, throughout every day. | pc. | |
| ehtahsəkisəkáti | daily, every day, each day. | pc. | |
| ekhočiháləso | he hangs himself (as a suicide), | AI | |
| ekhótahso | he hangs (things), | AI | |
| ekhótike | he is hanging things, | AI | |
| ekhótαso | it is hung, made to hang | II | |
| ekhóčəwale | he hangs things manually (as washing, clothing), | AI | |
| ekkəssápiso | he wears a G-string, waist band, has a G-string around his waist, | AI | |
| elačini- | backdown, backside down | prev. | |
| elačini-kətahle | he sinks backdown | AI | |
| elačiníkαpawo | he stands leaning backwards, | AI | |
| elačínahte | it lies over backwards, is propped backwards, (at an angle). | II | |
| elačínapo | he sits leaning backwards, | AI | |
| elačínihle | he/it goes, falls over backwards, | AI/II | |
| elačínəssin | he lies propped up on his back (not prone, but with head or shoulders propped up) | AI | |
| elačínəsso | he lies on his back, | AI | |
| eli-méhtseyo | he is delayed, | AI | |
| eli-wəlάkʷike | it is night before last. | II | |
| elí-mehtsi | it is delayed | II | |
| elíppone | it is the winter preceeding this last one, the winter before last. | II | |
| elóhtikan | shaman's animal helper, | AN | |
| elάmkαsik | underwear, inner garment, | INAN | |
| emehkáyi | down from a height or elevated position (var. of | pc. | |
| eməsákʷičin | he swims from shore to shore, | AI | |
| eməsáwipən | there is calm over the entire surface of the water. | II | |
| eməsαkísəpəhan | the ice is completely gone from over the water. | II | |
| eməsάsoke | he wades from shore to shore, across the entire body of water, | AI | |
| enakάyi | to, toward the shore; ashore, | pc. | |
| enakάyiwi | EA ashore | pc. | |
| enawahkʷtáhikan | guidestick, direction pointer of wood, trail marker, | INAN | |
| enawi- | recover | prev. | |
| enawi-kísətonke | he recovers his voice, | AI | |
| enawikéməwαkan | advice, counsel. | INAN | |
| enawí-nehse | he regains his breath (after exertion). | AI | |
| enawíhtike | he improves, better [things]. | AI | |
| enawíkemo | 1) he advises, 2) he counsels, | AI | |
| enawíkeso | he corrects, | AI | |
| enawάtəpehle | he regains his mental equilibrium, | AI | |
| enáwihaso | he recovers quickly, | AI | |
| enáwihle | he recovers, revives, | AI | |
| enáwihoso | he improves, betters himself, | AI | |
| enáwihtam | he makes a correction in talking, corrects his (own) speech, | OTI | |
| enikəwásəsse | ant hill, ant nest, | INAN | |
| enikʷsímosi | sweet fern, ⟨sciname⟩(Comptonia peregrina, Linn.)⟨/sciname⟩, | INAN | |
| enikʷə́ssəkʷαme | he walks, strides like an ant. | AI | |
| eníkahkʷem | fish-spear pole or handle, | INAN | |
| enóhkαso | he is being escorted on both sides, he has an escort. | AI | |
| enóhkαwe | he is one of two who escorts on both sides, (for protection). | AI | |
| epahsi- | prev. | ||
| epahsikìsəkat | It is a half a day | II | |
| epahsí-təpahkat | it is during the time of the middle of the night, substandard variant | II | |
| epahsαkáməwe | it is the middle of the lake, | II | |
| epahsαkkáyi | pertaining to/along the middle of the slope/hill/bank, | pc. | |
| epahsαkkíhαpawo | he stands, is situated halfway up the slope, hill, | AI | |
| epahsαméhtehsin | he halved his pace, | AI | |
| epáhsi | in the middle, | pc. | |
| epáhsolakʷe | it is in the middle of the canoe. | II | |
| epáhsənike | he divides (things), | AI | |
| epáhsənαso | he/it divided | AI/II | |
| epáhsαkke | it is the middle of the slope, | II | |
| epáhsαkke | it is the middle of the slope | II | |
| epáhsαtəwe | he speaks a language imperfectly, he speaks half-in-half, | AI | |
| epənékαwe | come to think of it (indicates a change of mind, mood, memory or a recollection) | pc. | |
| esehsítkʷihle | he makes a semicircle; he reverses direction, | AI | |
| esítəkʷapo | he sits kneeling, | AI | |
| esítəkʷəssin | 1) he kneels down, 2) he kneels over prostrate, | AI | |
| eskáwane, eskáwane( | of aversion, contempt, or disgust. Faugh! Fie! Pooh! | interj. | |
| eskéwahtəkʷek | † Friday | INAN | |
| eskohwάpotik | a watching place, | INAN | |
| eskʷekαpáwəssik | INAN little finger ( | part. | |
| eskʷətátehso | Baltimore Oriole ⟨sciname⟩(Icterus galbula L.)⟨/sciname⟩, | AN | |
| esohkáyi | in turns, by turns | pc. | |
| esokáyi | in turn, eventually | pc. | |
| esonikewíno | he is a trader, | AI | |
| esonikéwino | trader, | AI | |
| esonikéwαkan | trading, exchange, barter. | INAN | |
| esonəméwαkan | trade (abstract) | INAN | |
| esónike | he exchanges, | AI | |
| esónike | he trades, swaps, | AI | |
| espani- | Spanish | prev. | |
| espani-áhahso | † donkey, jackass, burro | AN | |
| espikʷάmahkamikʷ | the land of high beaches, | INAN | |
| espikʷάmihke | it is a high beach, a high sandy or gravelly place | II | |
| ess | clam, bivalve shell, bivalve, mollusk, | AN | |
| esəpanə́sso | he is a raccoon, | AI | |
| esəpánewe | raccoon skin, | AN | |
| esəpánsohke | 1) he (raccoon) feigns sleep; 2) he (a person) feigns sleep (_idiom._ ~he plays raccoon"); 3) he hunts raccoons, | AI | |
| esəpαsí-mehlαt | snowshoe, | AN | |
| esəwáhsewe | he changes clothes, | AI | |
| esəwáhələkʷe | it drifts back and forth. | II | |
| esəwáwemo | he changes, exchanges his shoes and socks, | AI | |
| esəwi- | back and forth | prev. | |
| esəwi-pαkatαkkʷéwehle | he/it echoes back and forth | AI/II | |
| esəwiháləkʷe | it floats back and forth. | II | |
| esəwítəwihle | he flies back and forth, | AI | |
| esəwə́lαmsən | the wind blows back and forth. | II | |
| esəwə́nike | he carries back and forth, lugs or totes back and forth, | AI | |
| esəwαpékihle | he swings back and forth, to and fro, | AI | |
| esəwαpékihle | he/it, swings back and forth, | AI/II | |
| esəwάčəməsko | he is a talebearer, | AI | |
| esαpáməkʷe | it passes light, is translucent. | II | |
| esαpátαso | he/it is transparent, | AI/II | |
| esάmkəle | it burns through | II | |
| esάpaməwe | he sees through, | AI | |
| etawíhptine | he uses both hands, | AI | |
| etawíkαpawo | he straddles, stands straddling, | AI | |
| etásimot | the one that is being spoken of, | AN | |
| etoči-wάkihtəkʷek kísipatte nəsakiləčénətipəna | The stream was so crooked that we could indeed clasp hands (implying that the canoe had to bend, so the bowman and stern | lit. | |
| etəlákʷičin | he swims between [two object, people, etc.) | AI | |
| etəli- | in front as a barrier | prev. | |
| etəliháləkʷe | he/it floats, drifts between (as between two rocks), | AI/II | |
| etəlíkαpawo | he stands between, (two objects, people, etc.), | AI | |
| etəlítəwihle | he flies between (two objects), | AI | |
| ewepítəwihle | he flies up, aloft (a bird), | AI | |
| ewépihaso | he goes up, he is carried up, aloft; | AI | |
| ewíhkhαsik | a mark, target. | INAN | |
| èhe! | of course! By all means! Yes indeed! Ah! | interj. | |
| èhemo | 1) heath hen, 2) † hen, domestic chicken or fowl, ⟨sciname⟩(Tympanuchus cupido cupido L.)⟨/sciname⟩, | AN | |
| èhkʷəlαn | the rain stops, it stops raining. | II | |
| èhsəmeht | never before | pc. | |
| èke | formerly, at a former time, once at a former time, | pc. | |
| èksko | he sneezes, | AI | |
| èlal | cow, doe (adult female of moose, elk, deer, caribou, bison, rabbit, or hare), | AN | |
| èmkʷαn | spoon, | AN | |
| èməkʷ | scarcely, barely | pc. | |
| èməkʷte | barely, scarcely | emp. pc. | |
| ènikʷəss | ant, pismire, | AN | |
| èpəkʷahč | even, so that, yet | pc. | |
| èskʷa | yet, still, while, during the time, | pc. | |
| èsso | he is a clam, | AI | |
| èsəpe | he/it leaks (such as a pot, canoe, cup) | AI/II | |
| èyi, èyi( | Oh! [of wonder or awe] | interj. | |
| éhkočo | he hangs (from a tree, etc.) | AI | |
| éhkʷi-ni-ita | Stop saying that! | ||
| éhkʷi-psαn | it stops snowing. | II | |
| éhkʷihpo | he stops eating, | AI | |
| éhkʷitte-kekʷ-ita | Don't mention anything. | ||
| éhkʷitte-ni-ita | Don't mention that! | ||
| éhkʷαkkʷe | he stops cooking, | AI | |
| éhpəmatəkʷe | temple, side of the forehead, | INAN | |
| éhsαnətek | † Sunday | INAN | |
| ékhləso | he hangs/suspends himself. | AI | |
| ékhote | it is hanging. | II | |
| ékhoto | he hangs (things), | OTI | |
| ékhočin | he is suspended, is caught hanging, is in a state of suspension, | AI | |
| ékʷitək | rare small aquatic plant, Awlwort, | II | |
| élisəmen | † Irishman [loan from English], | AN | |
| éməsatən | it is frozen over, it [river, lake] is completely frozen over the entire surface [from shore to shore]. | II | |
| éməsαtəkʷin | there are waves across the entire surface of the water. | II | |
| énikahkʷ | fish-spear, leister, trident, | AN | |
| épahste | it is half-full. | II | |
| épahsəpe | he is half-full of liquid. | AI | |
| ésahsit | Flaming Skelton (fiery skelton ghost of people who starved to death in the woods), | AN | |
| ésahso | he/it is transparent. | AI/II | |
| éskatαsik | Indian cucumber root, ⟨sciname⟩(Medeola virginiana L.)⟨/sciname⟩ _PN_ Eskutassis Stream and Pond Sherman ( | INAN | |
| éskʷətayit | 1) ball lightening, 2) ball-of-fire ghost [the commonest ghost whose appearance is considered a bad omen]. | AN | |
| ésonəme | he engages in trade/exchange; he is a trader, | AI | |
| éspikək | the height (context) | INAN | |
| éssikʷəss | common eider, ⟨sciname⟩(Somateria mollissima dresseri Sharpe)⟨/sciname⟩, | AN | |
| ésəpanəss | raccoon ⟨sciname⟩(Procyon lotor)⟨/sciname⟩, | AN | |
| ésəwihle | he/it moves or goes back and forth, | AI/II | |
| ésəwičəwan | the current eddies back and forth | II | |
| ésəwohse | he walks back and forth, | AI | |
| ésəwαčemo | he carries tales, tells news back and forth, | AI | |
| étawi | on both sides | pc. | |
| étəlahte | 1) it lies between (two objects), 2) it is between, 3) it is situated (positioned) between (two objects). | II | |
| étəlapo | he sits between, is situated between [two objects or people], | AI | |
| étəlihle | he goes, moves between, (two objects), | AI | |
| étəlipəye | he paddles between (two objects) 1) three canoes, each with one man, 2) one canoe, three paddlers, | AI | |
| étəlohse | he walks between (two objects), | AI | |
| étələssin | he lies between [two objects or people], | AI | |
| |ehelaw-| | care, benevolence | Initial | |
| |ehtahs-| | each | Initial | |
| |ekh-| | hang | Initial | |
| |ekhʷ-| | cease, stop | Initial | |
| |elačin-| | back side down | ||
| |eməm-| | slight, ignore | Initial | |
| |enaw-| | put in order, correct, restore | Initial | |
| |es(i)-| | through | Initial | |
| |es-| | through | Initial | |
| |esw-| | exchange | Initial | |
| |esəw-| | back and forth | Initial | |
| |etw-| | restore balance, balance | Initial | |
| |etəl-| | between, betwixt | Initial | |
| |ečil-| | support (?) | Initial |