I9I4.] PASSAMAQUODDY LANGUAGE OF MAINE. 95 



Ip: holpin, ' he sits.' 



It: -ifo/^zhY^ participial ending 3 p. pi. (real). 



mk: el-dmkikap, 'when they came ashore.' 



mkii/: kikumkwuk, 'suckers' (fish). 



ms: n-olamsittam'n, ' I pretend to ' : lams-, ' blow.' 



msk: dmskowds, ' first.' 



Ilk: (nasal) : k'tunkian, 'when you have hunted' (real). 



nk: ankwoch, 'sometimes' (real). 



ns: nsdmakwdn, 'water' {n with inherent vowel: '«). 



pk: apkiildmsek, 'they are overwhelmed by the wind.' 



pkw' : achdpkivalusk/ perch' (fish). 



pn: chivopnokswdk'n, ' anchor' (not p'n). 



ps: dsiips, 'grebe' (sort of crane). 



psk: dpskeduk/ than.' 



pt: appatdptozifk, 'they come back'; ndchipt, 'fetch' (imper.). 



pzv: apzmtozvatichil, ' they stand.' 



sh: apakzveshes, 'red-headed wood-pecker' (=s-h; not the English 



sh). 

 sk: mask, ' find.' 

 skzt/ : peskzv, 'one.' 



sm: iklism'n, 'White man ' = ' Englishman ' ; ismckzves, 'fish-hawk.' 

 sn: p'snut, 'basket.' 



sp: kuspem, 'lake'; spdszveii, 'morning.' 

 st: chestcsit, ' he being angry ' ; stdkniit, ' green.' 

 jw; k'loszvdk'n, ' word.' 

 th: petholatichihi, ' when they arrive.' 

 tk: atkeyi, ' string, cord ' ; nskitkamikzi', ' world.' 

 tm: chepakatm'n, 'that you shall marry.' 

 ts: mits, 'eat' (imper.). 

 tsk: mitskun, 'animal dung.' 

 tzv: lakutzvdk'n, ' treaty.' 



The intonation of the Passamaquoddy is highly tonic. Almost 

 every accented syllable indicates a voice-lift. The voice is dropped 

 on the syllable following the tone; half raised again on the third 

 syllable and dropped again on the fourth: lakutzvdk'n; pronounced 

 ^'^kut'^^k'n. This peculiarity appears to be distinctively Passama- 



