gapsgwamgitg : rapid water / rapid water preceeding a waterfall

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate intransitive
Translation: It is rapid water
Gloss: rapid water
Gloss: rapid water preceeding a waterfall
Example:
Text: Newt qapsgwamgitg peja'lugwen na nugu na qapsgwigtug siawnisa'lugwetes.
Translation: Once you float to the fast water preceeding a waterfall you are going down the falls.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: gaps·kwam·kitk
Alternate grammatical form:
gapsgwamgitgl — they are rapid waters — (third person plural inanimate)

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