masqemus

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Malecite-Passamaquoddy

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Etymology

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Cognate with Mi'kmaq masgwe'simusi, Penobscot maskʷémosi, Abenaki maskwamozi.

Noun

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masqemus anim (possessed masqemusimol, locative masqemusik, diminutive masqemusis, plural masqemusiyik)

  1. paper birch, Betula papyrifera

References

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  • Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “masqemus”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project
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