ahpap

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *aʔlapaᐧpyi (“rope, cord, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈah.pàp/, [ˈaː˧˦.pab˨]
  • (Before a pause) IPA^(key): [-ab˨˦]

Noun

ahpap anim

1. rope, cord

Declension

Declension of ahpap [animate, -iyik (i) plural]

	singular	plural
unmarked / proximate	ahpap	ahpapiyik
possessed	'tahpapimol	'tahpapim
locative	ahpapik	ahpapihkuk
diminutive	ahpapossis	ahpapossisok

Derived terms

• ahpapossis (“string”)

References

• Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
• LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing