egitg : recite / read

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she reads it

Gloss: recite

Gloss: read

Example:

Text: A'tugwaqann egitgl nujigina'muet.

Translation: The stories are read by the teacher.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: e·gitk

Alternate grammatical form:

egitm — I read it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

egitmeg — We read it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Related entries for category "Stories, Reading & Writing"

a'tugwaqan : story / tale
a'tugwet : tell story
a'tugwewatl : tell story to
a'tugwewinu : storyteller
agnutmaqan : story / news / report / message / discussion
awangiljet : read poorly
egiljet : read
egimatl : count / recite / read
egitg : recite / read
ewi'g'g : write / mark down
ewi'gigeg : write
ewi'gigemgewei : notepad / pen / pencil / object used for writing
ewi'giget : write
ewi'gmuatl : write a letter to / write to
gegnu'giljet : read correctly / read properly
gegnugwalatl : mark / number / alphabetize
gegnugwatg : mark / number / alphabetize
glusgapewit : fib / tell lies / tell tall tales
glusuaqan : word / news
gnugwaqan : marker / blaze (on tree)
gnugwatign : letter (alphabet) / symbol / mark
gomgwejui'gaqan : glyphics (Nnu/Mi'gmaw) / hieroglyphics (Nnu/Mi'gmaw) / character used to write Micmac
gomgwejui'gas'g : written in Mi'gmaw glyph writing / written in Mi'gmaw hieroglyphics / Mi'gmaw glyph writing / Mi'gmaw hieroglyphics
gomgwejui'gasit : hieroglyphic writing / sucker fish (gomgwej) writing / Nnu glyph writing / written in sucker fish (gomgwej) writing / written in Nnu glyph writing
gomgwejui'giget : writes using Mi'gmaq hieroglyphics / writes using old Mi'gmaq hieroglyphics
l'sg'j : map / directory marked out
napui'g'g : take photograph / draw / trace
napui'gatl : take photograph / draw / trace
natawia'tugwet : know how to tell stories
nessutmalsewet : interprete / translate
nessutmasewatl : interpret / translate for
nesutmalsewu'ti : interpretation / translation
netawia'tugwet : know how to tell stories
nipiagnutmat : narrates by night / tells by night / recounts by night
nujinutmaqaniget : storyteller / tattletale / gossiper
nujiwi'giget : writer
nutagitg : read it incompletely / numbers are shorted (miscount)
nutapsgo'teget : scribe / writer
pa'qalaiwaqan : surprising news or event / amazing news or event / astonishing news or event / surprise
sa'se'wi'g'g : changes the writing
sa'se'wi'gatl : changes the writing
sulnalji'j : bulletin / newspaper / periodical / journal
telatuemgewei : sentence (grammar)
usgitan : envelope
welgiljet : read properly or well
wi'gatign : paper / book / letter / newspaper (etc.)
wi'gatigno'guom : library
wi'gign : pen / pencil
wigumgusimgewei : invitation