mengitg : subtract

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she subtracts it

Gloss: subtract

Example:

Text: Nutsaqiget mengitg ta'goqwei gisiap'tja'tu.

Translation: The store clerk subtracted what I have returned.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: men·kitk

Alternate grammatical form:

mengitm — I subtract it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

mengitmeg — We subtract it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Document reference:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #106

Transcription: mengitemeg, soustraction

Transliteration: mengitm'g, act of subtracting, subtraction

Source as entry: mengitm'g, act of subtracting, subtraction

Normalized source as entry: mengitg, he/she subtracts it

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #270

Public note: does not match the headword; first term means: the result I get, and the second term means: this more or less means: I count back and forth

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 #184

Public note: does not match the headword, this more or less means: I count back and forth

mengitg : subtract

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