ewle'juaqan : poverty / hard times

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: noun inanimate

Translation: poverty

Gloss: poverty

Gloss: hard times

Example:

Text: Jiptug ewle'juaqan ma' apaja's'tnug. / Jiptuk ewle'juaqan ma' apaja's'tnuk.

Translation: Hopefully hard times will not return.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: ew·lee·ju·ahk·an

Document reference:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #101

Transcription: eoletjoagan, pauvreté, faiblesse

Transliteration: ewle'juaqan, poverty, weakness

Source as entry: ewle'juaqan, poverty/misery

Normalized source as entry: ewle'juaqan, poverty/misery

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #155

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #190

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #190

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #212

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #214

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #209

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 #61

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