pemto'gwet

• Subentry 1

  Part of Speech: verb animate intransitive
  Pronunciation Guide: bem·too·gwet
  Translation: He/she drifts off to sleep
  Meanings:

  • drift off (to sleep)
  • pass out (from drinking)
  Example of word used in a sentence:

  • Text: Gi's geji'g'pnig pmto'gutitaq, ma' na telmaljewe'jg gistlipgitapulti'gw.
    Translation: I knew they would fall asleep, when they are that young they aren't able to stay up that late.
    Recording: Recording by dmm 🔉
  Alternate Grammatical Forms:

  • pemto'gwei -- I drift off to sleep -- (first person singular animate)
  • pemto'gweieg -- We drift off to sleep -- (first person dual exclusive animate)
  • pemto'gutieg -- We drift off to sleep -- (first person plural exclusive animate)

• Subentry 2

  Part of Speech: verb animate intransitive
  Pronunciation Guide: bem·too·gwet
  Translation: He/she drifts along (on the water)
  Meanings:

  • drift along (on the water)
  Example of word used in a sentence:

  • Text: Ala' psitnigtug gitap pemto'gwet.
    Translation: Over there in the river channel your buddy is drifting along.
    Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉
  Alternate Grammatical Forms:

  • pemto'gwei -- I drift along -- (first person singular animate)
  • pemto'gweieg -- We drift along -- (first person dual exclusive animate)
  • pemto'gutieg -- We drift along -- (first person plural exclusive animate)

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