esgmalatl : wait for

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she waits for someone

Gloss: wait for

Example:

Text: Etue'l pe'l esgmalatl ugte'piteml. / Etue'l pe'l eskmalatl ukte'piteml.

Translation: Edward, for now, waits for his wife.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: es·kê·ma·la·dêl

Related entry: esgipa'tl

Alternate grammatical form:

esgmalg — I wait for him/her — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

esgmalul — I wait for you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

esgmalit — He waits for me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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ajipuna't : birthday
amgwes : first / first time / in the past
amgwes : first / first time / in the past
amgwes_elugutimg : Monday / first work day
apangitatimg : pay day
apignajit : February
apjiw : always / each time / every time
apoqonmatimg : assistance / help / assisting time / helping time
apugjig : soon / after a while
aqantie'umg : Sunday
aqantie'uti : week
aqantie'wit : observe Sunday
aqtatpa'q : midnight
atel : just now / a while ago
awisiw : seldom / only once in a while
egel : occasionally / once in a while / now and then
egsitpu'g : morning
egsitpu'gowei : breakfast / item pertaining to morning / event pertaining to morning
egsitpu'gowei : breakfast / item pertaining to morning / event pertaining to morning
egsitpu'gwewulgw : morning train, boat, etc. / morning vessel
egsitpu'nug : tomorrow morning
egsitpugwatalg : eat breakfast
egsitpugwiet : early riser
enmiaq : goes home / goes onward / when (it comes to pass)
enmiaq : goes home / goes onward / when (it comes to pass)
enmilugweg : works until...
enmilugwet : work until...(midnight)
esgipa'tl : wait / expect
esgipetoq : wait / expect
esgmalatl : wait for
esgmat : await / wait
esgmatg : wait for
ga'l : one quarter (of time, etc.)
galqwasiet : sunset
gaqawa's'g : go by quickly
gaqi'sg : often / frequently / many times
gaqi'sisgegipuna'q : so many years old
gaqi'sisgegipuna't : so many years old
gasg'ptnnaqanipuna't : one hundred years old
ge's : while / during
ge's_mu : before
ge's'g : just a minute! / hold on!
gegapniet : rises before dawn
geget : soon / almost
gejigow : recently / short while ago
gept'gewigu's : November
gesgmnaq : before
gesgute'g : catch on time / get in time
gesgutesg'g : just in time / get there on time before it departs / get there on time just before it starts
gesgutesgmat : on time (for) / just in time
gesgutesguatl : caught in the act / catch by surprise / catch on time
gesigewigu's : December / winter moon
gesp'teg : Saturday
gespiaqantie'uti : weekend
getu'pgising : expected to arrive
gi's_sa'q : long ago / once upon a time
giaspiaq : result / end / last
giaspigisg'g : last day
giaspilugwet : last time worked
giaspiw : since
gisgug : today
gisigwegewigu's : August
glapis : finally / eventually
gne'g : soon / shortly in time / later
gsin : past winter
gsinug : next winter / forthcoming winter
gtiginipn : summer before last
gtigipug : last winter
gtigipun : last year
gtigisapo'nug : day after tomorrow
gtigiwela'gwe'g : night before last / other night
gtigulagu : day before yesterday / other day
iapjiw : forever
iapjiwowei : pertains to forever
jensi : suddenly / before you know it / all of a sudden
jijuaqa : sometimes
jiniw : suddenly
jiptuege'l : from time to time
lnu_a'sutmamg : Native mass / Native language mass
maqatewei : temporary replacement / temporary replacement
maqatewei : temporary replacement / temporary replacement
matntimg : war / battle
me' : still / yet / more / anyway
mejit_newt : one more time
mes'tesg'g : miss / miss a connection / arrive too late for
mes'tesgmat : miss a connection / miss / arrive too late for
mes'tesguatl : arrive late and miss someone entirely / miss meeting someone because of timing
messa'latl : miss making a connection with / miss appointment / miss rendez·vous
messa'toq : miss making a connection with / miss appointment / miss rendez·vous
metla'sipunqeg : ten years
metuigisg'g : bad weather
mewlia'gowei : dinner (noon meal) / lunch time meal / noon meal
mewlia'gweg : noon / midday
mi'soqo : up to / as for as / until
miawitpa'q : middle of night
miawna'gweg : midday / noon / middle of day
na_tujiw : at that time / then
na'gu'setewei : clock / watch
na'gweg : day / daylight / day
na'gweg : day / daylight / day
nangmiw : immediately / right away
nanipunqeg : five years
nanuguna'q : five days
naqsilugweg : works quickly
naqsilugwet : work quickly
naqsipgising : arrive early / arrive ahead of time
ne'gaw : all the time / always / all along
ne'wowei : Thursday / fourth one
nespilugwet : work while also... / work at same time as...
nespiw : also / while / at the same time / including
newisgegipunqeg : forty years
newte' : one / still / yet / continues
newte' : one / still / yet / continues
newtigisg'g : all day long / all day
newtipug : all winter / one winter
newtipunqeg : one year / year
newtitpa'q : all-night / all-night long
nige' : now
nipaqteget : sails at night
nipatalg : eat at night
nipeloqte'gniget : set traps at night
nipeteluatl : shot at him/her/it (beaver) at night
nipetesg'g : journey by night to destination / travel by night to destination
nipetesmuatl : cooks (rice, etc.) overnight for him/her/it
nipia'sutmamg : midnight mass / Christmas
nipiagnutmat : narrates by night / tells by night / recounts by night
nipigtapegiet : sing at night / night singer
nipiwisugwet : cooks at night (for others)
niplugwet : work at night / work night shift
nipn : last summer
nipnigu's : June
nipnug : next summer
nnu_a'sutmamg : Native mass / Native language mass
Nuelewumg : Christmas Day / Christmas time
nugu' : so now / then / any more (no longer) / all ready / come on now!
nutaiw : interruption (before completion)
nutatesgewet : miss arriving at destination by a short distance / did not make it to destination / fail to reach destination by a short distance / fail to arrive on time
oqonitpa'q : dark (night)
oqonitpaqamugwiaq : getting dark
Pa'gewumg : Easter
panianug : next spring
paniaq : end of the snow period
pe' : hold on! (interjection)
pe'l : for now / for the time being / while
pe'l_ap_ta'n_tujiw : wait until some other time / wait until the next time / until some other time
pe'l_tmg : first of all
pegije'g : long time
pegijiesgmalatl : wait long time for
pegijiesgmatg : wait long time for
pegijipnet : suffers from long term illness
pegitapegsig : long lasting / take a long time to unfold
pegitapematl : useful for a long time
pegitapetg : useful for long time
pegitapit : stay up late
pegitawsit : live long life
pegitewo'gwet : talk long time
pegitqatg : stay long time
pegittemit : cry long while
pegittoq : is taking a long time to return / is taking a long time
pejipug : winter arrives
pempisgiaq : become twilight
penatmuigu's : April
pesgiaq : get dark / night falls
pile'sm : novice / rookie
pilei : new / new
pilei : new / new
piligan : new house / new camp
piluamugwiaq : become dusk / change color
pisgiaq : get dark / night falls
pnamujuigu's : January
poqjin'timg : beginning of war
ps'guigu's : July
Pusu'_Puna'ne : Happy New Year!
Pusu'l_Puna'ne : Happy New Year!
qalqwasiet : sun sets
sa'q : long ago
sa'qawei : old / old
sapo'nug : tomorrow
sepawe’nmat : lights up the morning fire
sepei : this morning
si'gewigu's : March
si'gowigu's : March
si'stewei : Wednesday / third one
siggw : spring / springtime
siggwe'l : about or toward spring
sigun : last spring
sigunug : next spring
sipeliw : seldom / rarely / often (Listuguj)
siwiesgmat : tired of waiting
smtug : right away / immediately
sqoljuigu's : May
sune'wimg : fasting / time of fasting / fast day
ta'n : when / where
ta'n_te's : every time / each time
ta'n_telinqase'g : as soon as
ta'n_tlipgije'g : as long as
ta'n_tujiw : when / whenever / at that time
ta'nug : when (in the future)
ta'puowei : Tuesday / second one
ta's_ajiet : what time is it?
ta'sitpa'q : how many nights?
ta'sugunit : on what date / what is the date?
tale'g : at what time? / what is wrong with...? / how is he/she?
tapuguna'q : two days
tapuipuna't : two years old
tapuipunqeg : two years
tapuitpa'q : two nights
te's : every time / every
te'sigisg'g : every day / daily
te'sipug : every winter
te'sipuna't : so many years old
te'sipunqeg : annually / so many years
te'sitpa'q : every night
te'sitqwa'q : every fall / every autumn
telipgitqatg : stay such length of time
tepgig : night
tepgunset : moon / month
tepgunsetewei : calendar
tmg : first / before
toqosi'p : and then / then
tqo'nug : next fall
tqoq : last fall
tujiw : at that time
ulagu : yesterday
Ulnuelewi : Merry Christmas!
ulo'nug : this evening / tonight
wapg : dawn / daylight
wapn : first light / daylight
wapnamugwiaq : dawning / daybreak
wapnapit : stay up all night / see break of dawn
wapngusit : sleep until dawn
wapnintoq : sing until dawn
wapntesing : dance until dawn
we'gow : until / all along / during
weja'tegemg : from there on / from now on
weja'tegemgeg : from that time on
wejgwa'tegemg : in the past
wejgwa'tegemgeg : in the past until now
wejgwapniaq : daybreak
wejgwitpa'q : approach or come nightfall
wejigs'gutesg'g : try to catch on time
wejigsugutesguatl : try to catch on time
wela'gowei : supper
wela'gw : evening / dusk / night
wela'gwe'g : last night
wela'gwe'l : toward evening
weliegsitpu'g : nice morning
welinqana'mat : has a good time drinking
welitpa'q : nice evening or night
weloqotalg : eat supper / have supper
weltamultimg : Friday
weltesg'g : meet up with (on foot) / meet or arrive on time
wigewigu's : October
wigumgewigu's : September
wisqipgising : arrive suddenly