nujiputaqiget : butcher / butcher

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
1.
Part of speech: noun animate
Translation: Butcher
Gloss: butcher
Example:
Text: Nujiputaqiget pegising, gisgug ne'pataigw gulgwi's.
Translation: The butcher is arriving today, we are going to slaughter a pig.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: nu·ji·bu·da·hgi·get
Related entry: nujine'patat
Alternate grammatical form:
nujiputaqigejig — butchers — (dual)
nujiputaqa'tijig — butchers — (plural)
nujiputaqigelitl — a butcher — (fourth person)
2.
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she is a butcher
Gloss: butcher
Example:
Text: Gi's nige' nanipunqeg nujiputaqigei.
Translation: I have been butchering for five years.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: nu·ji·bu·da·hgi·get
Alternate grammatical form:
nujiputaqigei — I am a butcher — (first person singular animate)
nujiputaqigeieg — We are butchers — (first person dual exclusive animate)
nujiputaqiga'tieg — We are butchers — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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