nissing : falling (from a higher place) / drifting down / descend

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she is falling (from a higher place)
Gloss: falling (from a higher place)
Gloss: drifting down
Gloss: descend
Example:
Text: Ula pi'gun wejnissing ala miti'sigtug.
Translation: This feather just drifted out of that tree.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: nis·sink
Alternate grammatical form:
nissin — I am falling (from a higher place) — (first person singular animate)
nissineg — We are falling (from a higher place) — (first person dual exclusive animate)
nissultieg — We are falling (from a higher place) — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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