motekon

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Mi'kmaq m'gegn.

Noun

motekon inan (locative motekonok, diminutive motekonossis, possessed motekonum, plural motekonol)

1. skin, hide, leather

Derived terms

• motekoniyehs
• motekonuloq

 

References

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