Malecite-Passamaquoddy edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Unami ktëmakinakwsu (he/she looks pitiful).

Verb edit

ktomakinaqsu (plural ktomakinaqsulutuwok, prefixed verb stem kotomakinaqsi-, unprefixed verb stem ktomakinaqsi-, changed verb stem ketomakinaqsi-)

  1. (animate intransitive) he/she looks to be in poor or pitiful condition or health

See also edit

References edit

  • Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “ktomakinaqsu”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project