tewipuna't

Recordings:

Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw

Part of Speech: verb animate intransitive

Pronunciation Guide: de·wi·bu·naad

Translation: He/she becomes of age to be independent

Meanings:

becomes of age to be independent
age out of system

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Geg't nugu' tewipuna't na ngwis.
Translation: My son is almost of age to be independent.
Recording: Recording by jnw 🔉

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

tewipuna'i -- I become of age to be independent -- (first person singular animate)
tewipuna'ieg -- We become of age to be independent -- (first person dual exclusive animate)
tewipunoltieg -- We become of age to be independent -- (first person plural exclusive animate)

Related entries for category "age"

ajipuna't : birthday
atgigwa't : wrinkled (of head and neck)
gaqi'gwesmat : finished bearing or producing children
gaqi'sisgegipuna'q : so many years old
gaqi'sisgegipuna't : so many years old
gaqjeg : brittle
gaqjet : brittle
gasg'ptnnaqanipuna't : one hundred years old
gisigu : old man / elderly man
gisigu'aq : get old
gisigu'et : become old / he/she is aging
gisigu'lega't : walk like an old person
gisigu'qamigsit : act like an old person
gisigu'sgw : old female animal
gisigu'sgwe'j : spinster
gisigu'sm : old animal
gisigui'sgw : old woman / elderly woman
gisiguo'p : old man
gisigweg : full grown / mature
gisigwet : full grown / mature / becomes an adult
ji'nmji'j : young man / unmarried man
ji'nmji'ju'et : become a young man / enter manhood (post puberty)
lpa'tu'ji'j, l'pa'tu'ji'j : small boy / young boy
lpa'tu's, l'pa'tu's : young man / unmarried man
lpa'tuj, l'pa'tuj : boy
maljewe'j : youngster / young person
maljewe'juit : young
masgwe's : young birch tree
maw_pilei : very new / very new
maw_pilei : very new / very new
mesg'g : in prime
metla'sipuna't : ten years old
mijua'ji'j : baby / child
pile'sm : novice / rookie
pilei : new / new
pilei : new / new
piligan : new house / new camp
qopisun : infant
sa'qawei : old / old
sa'qawei : old / old
sa'qawejjuei : old or worn out
saqawi'gan : old house / old camp
ta'sipuna't : how old?
tatuje'g : how old?
tepipuna't : old enough to...
tetuje'g : so many years old / have such age
tewipuna't : becomes of age to be independent / age out of system