metuite'tg : apprehensive / dread / anxious about

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she is apprehenseive about it
Gloss: apprehensive
Gloss: dread
Gloss: anxious about
Example:
Text: Lpa'tuji'j metuite'tg nmien nige' gisiamsala'tegej.
Translation: The little boy dreads going home now that he had done something he wasn't supposed to do.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: me·du·i·deedk
Alternate grammatical form:
metuite'tm — I am apprehenseive about it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
metuite'tmeg — We are apprehenseive about it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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