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metoqiaq
Recordings:
Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw
Part of Speech:
verb inanimate intransitive
Pronunciation Guide:
me·do·hgi·ahk
Translation:
It(bus) descends (from the mountain) in elevation
Meanings:
go down to
come down to
descend in elevation
Example of word used in a sentence:
Text:
Weja'tegemg qospemg na awti metoqiaq.
Translation:
From the lake the road starts to decend.
Recording:
Recording by ewm 🔉
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
metoqiaql --
They descend in elevation
-- (third person plural inanimate)
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a'jelising
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a'jelpit
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a'jelpuguig
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a'jelpuguit
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a'jelteg
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a'se'g
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a'sei
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a'sispit
: sit over / sit across
ala
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allugwet
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alqatg
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amase'jijg
: quite far / some distance
amaseg
: far
anapiw
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anapo
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antaguejue'gati, an'takuejue'kati
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aqjigateg, aqjikatek
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aquoqomqeg, aquoqomqek
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enmipgowe'g
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Epegwitg
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epune'g
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Esgigewa'gi
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esiamgeg
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etllugwet
: working / work there / place of work
etuiw
: on both sides
ewt'pa'sitl
: sits on / sit down atop
ewt'pa'sualatl
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ewt'pa'suatg
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g'p'ta'q
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g'p'tai, kîpîtay
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Gaggnawa'gi
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Galla'ing
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gamso'q
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Ganata
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gapsgu'j
: little waterfall
gapsguji'j
: tiny waterfall
gapsgw
: waterfall
gapsgwamgitg
: rapid water / rapid water preceeding a waterfall
ge'gupa'latl
: put on top / place atop
ge'gupn
: hilltop
ge'guteg
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ge'gwa'latl
: place on the top
ge'gwa's'g
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ge'gwei
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gesga't
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Gesgapegiaq
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Gespe'g
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gigjiw
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gisoqeg
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giwto'qopia'tijig
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giwto'qopultijig
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gjigan
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gjiganji'j
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gm'tginu
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gmetug
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gp'te'sn
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gsipo'qiwan
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gsnugo'guom
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gujm
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gutan
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iga'latl
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iga'q
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iga't
: arrive
iga'toq
: place / put
jajiga'sit
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jajigoqpit
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jajigtug
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lamqamu'g
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lamuguom
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niganteg
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nigantug
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paqtaqamigt
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: right here / this here
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wejilugwet
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wejuow
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wesgewina'q
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