apt'sqa'q / aptîsqa'q : lock it up / lock it in

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she locks it up

Gloss: lock it up

Gloss: lock it in

Example:

Text: Wela'gwe'g nignen apt'sqa'map.

Translation: Last night I locked my house.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: ap·tês·hkaahk

Alternate grammatical form:

apt'sqa'm / apt'sqa'm — I lock it up, I lock it in — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

apt'sqa'meg / apt'sqa'mek — We lock it up, we lock it in — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Document reference:

Transcription: aptesgam, gamen, ggag, enfermer qq chose

Expanded: aptesgam, aptesgamen, aptesgag, enfermer quelque chose

Transliteration: apt'sqa'm, apt'sqa'mn, apt'sqa'q, enclosing something (to lock something up)

Source as entry: apt'sqa'm, I am locking something up

Normalized source as entry: aptesqa'q, he/she is locks something up

Public note: apt'sqa'm, I am locking something up

Public note: apt'sqa'mn, you are locking something up

Public note: apt'sqa'q, he/she is locking something up

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