gapiten
Translation: Captain
Part of Speech: noun animate
Meanings:
- captain
Example of word used in a sentence:
- Text: Wen gapiten ula tet?Translation: Who's the captain here?Recording: Recording by dmm 馃攭
Pronunciation Guide: ga路bi路den
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
- gapitenaq -- captains -- (plural)
- gapitenal -- a captain -- (fourth person)
Borrowed Word: from French, capitaine
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- antaguejgwej : black woman / African-Canadian woman
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- aqalasie'w : English person / Englishman
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- e'pite's : young woman / unmarried woman
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- e'pitewit : is a woman
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- elege'wi'sgwe'j : princess
- elege'wit : king / king in deck of-cards
- elege'witji'j : prince
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- ganaties : Canadian
- ganatiesui'sgw : Canadian woman
- ganatiesui'sgwe'j : young Canadian female
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- gilew : you (plural) / you (dual)
- gilewewei : your(plural) / yours(plural) / your(plural) / yours(plural)
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- lnu'sgw : native woman / aboriginal woman / first nations woman
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- negmow : they / them
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- nguto'pj : loner / solitary one
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- niganus : leader
- ninen : we / he/she and I / us (exclusive)
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- nnu'sgw : native woman / aboriginal woman / first nations woman
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- nujitmasaqte'muet : barber
- nujitoqtet : baker (professional)
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- nutateji'puteget : delivery person
- nutnewet : assist at mass / serve mass / altar boy/girl / acolyte
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- pi'tawgowi'sgw : female from up river / female from up the coast
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- pugulatmu'j : dwarf / elf / fairy
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