nigweng : grow / raise

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she grows it

Gloss: grow

Gloss: raise

Example:

Text: Nte'pitem nigwengl gaqismilamu'gl wasuwegl.

Translation: My wife grows all sorts and colors of flowers.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: ni·kwenk

Alternate grammatical form:

nigwenm — I grow it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

nigwenmeg — We grow it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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amgnte'get : glean / gather (leftover grain after harvest)
aputasgigwatg : turn over (using a tool)
elgesawet : plow up
elgesg : till / plow up(ground)
elgete'get : hoe / loosen soil with hoe
epgenatl : fertilize
epgeng : fertilize
epgenign : manure / fertilizer
ge'tipnet : harvest crops (of roots, tubers, potatoes, carrots, turnips)
ge'tipnewinu : harvester
iga'taqalatl : plant / sow
iga'taqan : cultivated field / cultivated land / garden / yard
iga'taqatg : plant / sow
iga'taqewatl : sow for / plant for
iga'taqug : plant / put in garden / sow
jigg'putaqan : rake
jigg'puteget : rake
lagla'ns : barn
lge'gn : hoe
lgeso'qon : plow
mawgma'toq : set up together (sheaves of wheat)
mawpilaqan : bundle (wheat sheaf) / bundle tied together
mawsgiget : harvest hay
memge'g : uncultivated field / cleared fiekl
mena'gigwet : pull out weeds / pull up vegetables
mena'taqug : harvest (garden)
msigu : hay / grass
msigue'gati : hay field
msigue'get : make hay / collect sweet grass
musigungete'get : weed / cultivate
ne'patat : slaughter own livestock / slaughterer / butcher
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nigweng : grow / raise
pesgwete'gemgewei : sickle
pewaqs'te'get : thrash (of wheat, grain etc.)
pewaqs'te'gnei : thrasher (used in farming)
pgenign : fertilizer / manure
psgweso'qon : scythe
putaqatl : butcher
putaqiget : butcher
sangewsawet : trim slowly / plow slowly
siguaqs'te'gn : straw