masqemus

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Mi'kmaq masgwe'simusi, Penobscot maskʷémosi, Abenaki maskwamozi.

Noun

masqemus anim (possessed masqemusimol, locative masqemusik, diminutive masqemusis, plural masqemusiyik)

1. paper birch, Betula papyrifera

References

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