KES

off in a flood.

keskoodek, gel, (keskut/z walk) .

keskoak, aonooje, he is dull, heavy-witted.

keskoal, you are heavy, dull, dense.

kesleoolak, the cl e ar i n g - up shower.

keskooloo/zsoade, ballast, weight.

kes/eubil/kz’k, I tie them wide apart.

kes/cumaijzi/a, a foetus, (that which is carried); keskum/m/e, (I) an untimely birth; (2) an illegitimate child.

kes/éumadase, I am carried from one place to onother,

kes/zumaa’egzi, I deceive, juggle, use sleight of hand; kes/mm- obul—gcwadegd.

keskumase, I cross over, make a portage.

keskumegé, I carry a load on the shoulder.

kesltumsc’, I am talented, bright, awake; finish sleeping, am done of my nap.

keskumsidée, I am numb, have

broad, wide;

a prickly sensation in my limbs, fall asleep. kesfeumtes/mm, I “cut across

lots," take a direct path of my own instead of following around by the beaten one. keskaose, my work, (afiairs) is troublesome, (leespmzooli/e). keskunase, my load is heavy.

KES

keslrwodegd, I am tu r n i n g, Changing, tra n 51 a tin g; I change my religion.

keskowckum, I blot it out.

kzskwonttgd, I kill my first ani- mal, catch my first fish; (2) celebrate the occasion.

ktsld, I give off an offensive odour (as carrion), st in k; pi/afo.

leesmadase, I am placed forward; pushed along.

kesmans/éudesz'n, I hitch or jerk

forward.

kesmz, it is already done.

kesnu/éoabdwe, I am a notorious liar;kesnukw0n,(2nd per. sing from lea/2.) you lie in your throat. The most offensive epithet a Micmac can use. Like ourselves they have men who prevaricate, and falsify. as well as the unmitigated liars. I may say [zoo/m, or even the stronger term eksoo- an, without arousing anger, but if I say with emphasis and harshness kesnukwon, I insult my man beyond endurance, and must prepare to meet the consequences.

kesagugia/a. it is smooth, polish-

ed; the leaves are all fallen;

the moose rubs off his horns. kesogum'tpak, it is very dark. kesogwase, I ascend a slope, rise slowly; leesagzuadoo, I carry it up hill.

kcskwawoold, l carry a heavy load on my back.

kes/cutkwek, gel, broad, large; (km/60005215) .

kzssz'ska/mmiJ make a door in the back of the Wigwam.

kcsolcsum, I finish cooking it, carrying it; I have it already for food.

kesoaeci, I have formed a habit; (2) got warm.

kespaboodek, very hot water.