'tomawey

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Penobscot wətamάweyi, Abenaki wdamô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /htə.ˈma.wej/, [tə.ˈmaˑ˧˦.weɪ˨]
  • (Before a pause) IPA^(key): [-weɪ˨˦]

Noun

'tomawey inan

1. tobacco

Declension

Declension of 'tomawey [inanimate, -al plural]

	singular	plural
unmarked	'tomawey	'tomaweyal
possessed	utomawey	utomaweyol

References

• Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
• LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing