najine'pateget : going (to location) to kill / going (to location) to hunt / going (to location) to murder

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she is going (to location) to kill

Gloss: going (to location) to kill

Gloss: going (to location) to hunt

Gloss: going (to location) to murder

Example:

Text: Go'qoli'gwejg wetap'tijig...najine'pateget egsitpu'nug legla'nsigtug.

Translation: The chickens' time has run out...he/she is going to the barn to slaughter (them) in the morning.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: na·ji·nee·ba·de·get

Alternate grammatical form:

najine'pategei — I am going (to location) to kill — (first person singular animate)

najine'pategeieg — we are going (to location) to kill — (first person dual exclusive animate)

najine'patega'tieg — we are going (to location) to kill — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document reference:

Transcription: natji nēpategei pour natji pgasigpategei, aller tuer

Transliteration: najine'pategei, for najipqasigpa'tegei, to go kill

Source as entry: natji nēpategei

Normalized source as entry: najine'pategei

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