mehcine
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmeh.ˈtʃi.ne/, [ˌmæ̌ˑ.ˈtʃǐˑ.ne]
Verb
mehcine (plural mehcinhotuwok, verb stem -mehcine-)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she dies; he/she is dead
References
- Francis, David A.; Leavitt, Robert R.; Apt, Margaret (2008), “mehcine”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project
- LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing