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vegetable.

ulqgéksum, I burn ( redden) my hand at a fire; nugoklek, it is scorched, burned.

22152002222222, I pick it up, choose, select.

2llqgr2llogwasik, the sky is red.

mqguluk, he wants something; [only when speaking of a baby wanting its 11 a t u r a 1 food].

flirgumagé (fliegamagee), the land of the Micmacs, the Maritime Provinces; the large continent.

Illegumawak (Alikumawak ) a Micmac a perfect man; fully- developed; 2lzegw2'pkokusit a red man.

mt’gumawagudum, I belong to the Micmac tribe.

2mm umawEsoo a spirit of the woods fawn, satyr; a leg end-

ary character; ( 2) an old name for the Micniacs, because they were so strong and agile. 222cguukowé, I occupy too much room.

221egmm222, I have p 1 e n t y , milowse I have a variety of food.

megmzsa, I chop firewood

magaoflasc. I recollect myself.

mega/a I am red; megu'adoo I redden it.

222ngégud, dyeing.

filegwdjit, a red Indian (of New- foundland ), Megwdjz'tawdge. Newfoundland.

redwood, used in

2222gwaklcétc, red-flannel; meg- wak-«mes‘igE. mezzoébe I sit on big h, in a

judge 5 seat; (red- trimmed )

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222egw2'b2122eks2'l, a beet. See also megqgnmkusii.

mega/22k, the centre. pith.

megw'lk, swoolen, inflamed.

mcgwomlmse, a gull, having red bill and feet. (\Vilson's tern): also called kakubeg- alow.

mejdgoalc. a vein.

mega/2'1, it disturbs, troubles me. 22227'ap122221, I see it will not do.

222tjegd. I am dirty: 2itq'egadase, I am defiled; 22227'egadoo. [ de- file. or besmirch it; mejegz's- kegzvi, I have a dirty face; 221272211156. I defile myself.

mefegwize, I am destitute, wretched. loathsome.

mzy'elabaktek, it is knotted, tangled.

mq'elabaktesink. the ‘black-line‘ blurs, fails to mark distinctly.

222ey'elabegaa'oo, I lock a hoop. fasten it firmly on. tie it in a knot.

mejtogwadaa, I shorten it, take

ff‘part; 222ey'eogwak. a short-

ene article.

mejz'mkadoa, I 1i ghten it; 122:- j2'222kaa’ase I am squeezed. hugged; 22'Iejzmkunase, I am held fast.

2223j2'mkmk it is growing tight; 22227'2'2izkudek it is tight.

122ej2'mki I am hard p;ushed in a strait: 222422222ips£2udesi22 I am puzzled run against a rock

22227'2'mkugol I press upon him and squeeze him; 22wj2'222k2222- um I hold it firmly, (in a vise).

mejz'pki, I save, economize, am

close, miserly.