ni'pa'pit : sits at wake overnight / sits overnight at vigil

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she sits overnight at a wake or a vigil

Gloss: sits at wake overnight

Gloss: sits overnight at vigil

Example:

Text: Wela'wgul na ni'pa'pitew ugjit umijgamija.

Translation: At night he/she will sit at wake for his/her grandfather.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: nii·paa·bit

Alternate grammatical form:

ni'pa'pi — I sit at wake — (first person singular animate)

ni'pa'pieg — we sit at wake — (first person dual exclusive animate)

ni'pa'pultieg — we sit at wake — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document reference:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #607

Transcription: nīpăpi, veillée nocturne (112, 1), nipapoltitesno, nous veillerons ensemble (N. S. au jardin) être à la veillée (Pi. [lut])

Expanded: nīpăpi, veillée nocturne (112, 1), nipapoltitesno, nous veillerons ensemble (Nova Scotia au jardin) être à la veillée (Pi. [lut])

Transliteration: ni'pa'pi, night vigil (112, 1), nipapultitesnu, we will attend/sit wake together (N. S. in the garden/outdoors) be at the vigil (Pi. [lut])

Source as entry: ni'pa'pi, I sit wake, I sit overnight at a wake, I sit at a night vigil

Source as entry: nipapultitesnu, we will attend/sit wake together (N. S. in the garden/outdoors) be at the vigil

Normalized source as entry: ni'pa'pit, he/she sits wake, he/she sits overnight at a wake or a vigil

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #288

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 #150

ni'pa'pit : sits at wake overnight / sits overnight at vigil

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