nantunewet : feel around blindly or in the dark / feel about blindly or in the dark

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she feels around blindly or in the dark
Gloss: feel around blindly or in the dark
Gloss: feel about blindly or in the dark
Example:
Text: Lame'g eptaqano'guomg alnantunewet, gatu mu' we'jitug ta'n goqwei algwilg.
Translation: He/she feels about blindly under the cupboard, but does not find what he/she is searching for.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: nan·du·ne·wet
Alternate grammatical form:
nantunewei — I feel around — (first person singular animate)
nantuneweieg — We feel around — (first person dual exclusive animate)
nantunewa'utieg — We feel around — (first person plural exclusive animate)
Document reference:
Transcription: nenatoneoei, chercher avec la main, tâter
Transliteration: nenatunewei, search by hand, feel
Public note: nenatunewei, I search by hand, feel about
Public note: nenatunewet, he/she searches by hand/feels about
Transcription: nantoneoei, chercher avec la main, tâter
Transliteration: nantunewei, search by hand, feel
Source as entry: nantunewei, I search by hand, feel about
Normalized source as entry: nantunewet, he/she searches by hand, feels about

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