metetoqsit : make repeated sounds (like groaning, chirping or cawing) / cawing, quacking (Nova Scotia)

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she makes repeated sounds with voice
Gloss: make repeated sounds (like groaning, chirping or cawing)
Gloss: cawing, quacking (Nova Scotia)
Example:
Text: Nutat na jipji'j metetoqsit?
Translation: Can you hear that bird chirping?
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: me·de·tohk·sit
Alternate grammatical form:
metetoqsi — I am making repeated sounds with my voice — (first person singular animate)
metetoqsieg — We are making repeated sounds with our voices — (first person dual exclusive animate)
metetoqsultieg — We are making repeated sounds with our voices — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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