esnaqamiga'toq : make ground hard by trampling under foot

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she/it makes the ground hard by trampling it under foot

Gloss: make ground hard by trampling under foot

Example:

Text: Esnaqamiga'toq maqamigew gesgmnaq ewi'gagw.

Translation: He/she/it makes the ground hard by trampling it under foot before he/she begins to build his/her house.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: es·na·hka·mi·gaa·dohk

Alternate grammatical form:

esnaqamiga'tu — I make the ground hard by trampling it under foot — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

esnaqamiga'tueg — we make the ground hard by trampling it under foot — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Document reference:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #172

Transcription: esnagamigato, rendre le terrain dur en le foulant aux pieds

Transliteration: esnaqamiga’tu, to make the ground hard by trampling it under foot

Source as entry: esnaqamiga’tu, I make the ground hard by trampling it under foot

Normalized source as entry: esnaqamiga'toq, he/she/it makes the ground hard by trampling it under foot

Rand's Micmac dictionary from phonographic word-lists - transcribed and alphabetically arranged, with a grammar and list of place-names by Jeremiah S. Clark, Page Image #91

esnaqamiga'toq : make ground hard by trampling under foot

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