getapa'sit : go underwater / submerge
Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she/it goes underwater
Gloss: go underwater
Gloss: submerge
Example:
Text: Gi's ap getapa'sitaq, mu gejiam'g ta'n goqwei apaja'tew.
Translation: He/she has gone underwater again, who knows what he/she will
bring back this time.
Pronunciation guide: ge·da·baa·sit
Alternate grammatical form:
getapa'si — I go underwater — (first person singular animate)
getapa'tieg — we go underwater — (first person dual exclusive animate)
getapitaieg — we go underwater — (first person plural exclusive animate)