niwa'toq : dry out / empties/removes all liquid out

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she dries it out
Gloss: dry out
Gloss: empties/removes all liquid out
Example:
Text: Ugtul gisigtapaqto'gweg, nige' amujgpa niwa'toq.
Translation: His/her boat has gotten swamped, now he/she has to empty it.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: ni·waa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
niwa'tu — I dry it out — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
niwa'tueg — We dry it out — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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