getmenet : all dead / extinct / deceased

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: They are all dead
Gloss: all dead
Gloss: extinct
Gloss: deceased
Example:
Text: Metua'sit na ta'n telwe'ju'j nugu' wisgoq ula Mi'gma'gig, amuj na nugu' getmenet.
Translation: It's difficult to find black ash here in Mi'gma'gi, it must be almost extinct.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: ge·dê·me·net
Alternate grammatical form:
getmenejig — they are extinct — (third person plural animate)

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