nenatuat : feels around in the mud for eels / spears eels in the mud

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Roger Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she spears/feels around in the mud for eels.

Gloss: feels around in the mud for eels

Gloss: spears eels in the mud

Example:

Pronunciation guide: ne·na·du·at

Related entry: nantuat

Alternate grammatical form:

nenatuai — I spear/feel around in the mud for eels — (first person singular animate)

nenatuaieg — we spear/feel around in the mud for eels — (first person dual exclusive animate)

nenatua'tieg — we spear/feel around in the mud for eels — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document reference:

Transcription: nenatoăi, toăt, tōtitjig, (v. nāntoai), chercher avec le harpon (115, 2)

Expanded: nenatoăi, nenatoăt, nenatōtitjig, (voir nāntoai), chercher avec le harpon (115, 2)

Transliteration: nenatuai, nenatuat, nenatu’tijig (see na’ntuai), to search with a harpoon (115, 2)

Transcription: nantoei (papgeg), natoei, totitjig, harponner

Expanded: nantoei (papgeg), natoei, natotitjig, harponner

Transliteration: na'ntuei (papge'g), na'tuei, na'tutijig, to fish with a harpoon

Source as entry: na'ntuei/na'tuei, I fish with a harpoon

Public note: papge'g, down river/down the coast

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