newwok
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
| 40 | ||
| [a], [b] ← 3 | 4 | 5 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: new Ordinal: newewey Adverbial: newokehs Adnominal: newwok, newonul | ||
Etymology
new (“four”) with the plural animate ending -uwok.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnew.wək/, [ˈne̞u˧˦.wəɡ]
Verb
newwok (verb stem -newi-)
- (animate, intransitive) there are four of them, they are a group of four
Related terms
- newonul inan
References
- Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
- LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing