Teens and up
The word jel basically means 'plus': so in Mi'gmaq, 'eleven' is really 'ten+one', 'twelve' is 'ten+two', and so on. It's the same again for 'twenty-one' and so on.
Vocab 1
Newtisga'q |
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Ten | |
newtisga'q jel newt |
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eleven | |
newtisga'q jel ta'pu |
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twelve | |
newtisga'q jel si'st |
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thirteen | |
newtisga'q jel ne'w |
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fourteen | |
newtisga'q jel na'n |
|
fifteen |
Vocab 2
newtisga'q jel asugom |
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sixteen | |
newtisga'q jel lluigneg |
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seventeen | |
newtisga'q jel ugumuljin |
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eighteen | |
newtisga'q jel pesgunateg |
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nineteen |
Vocab 3
Tapuisga'q |
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Twenty | |
tapuisga'q jel newt |
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twenty-one | |
tapuisga'q jel tapu |
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twenty-one | |
tapuisga'q jel si'st |
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twenty-three | |
tapuisga'q jel ne'w |
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twenty-four | |
tapuisga'q jel na'n. |
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twenty-five |
Vocab 4
tapuisga'q jel asugom |
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twenty-six | |
tapuisga'q jel lluigneg |
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twenty-seven | |
tapuisga'q jel ugumuljin |
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twenty-eight | |
tapuisga'q jel pesgunateg |
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twenty-nine | |
Ne'sisga'q |
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Thirty |