nutatesgewet : miss arriving at destination by a short distance / did not make it to destination / fail to reach destination by a short distance / fail to arrive on time

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: His/her failed to arrive at destination by a short distance
Gloss: miss arriving at destination by a short distance
Gloss: did not make it to destination
Gloss: fail to reach destination by a short distance
Gloss: fail to arrive on time
Example:
Text: Nutatesg'geg na mgumieg getu' tepiwnaqaiepneg.
Translation: He/she just missed that ice he/she wanted to jump on to.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: nu·ta·tes·kew·et
Alternate grammatical form:
nutatesgewei — I failed to arrive at destination by a short distance — (first person singular animate)
nutatesgeweieg — we failed to arrive at destination by a short distance — (first person dual exclusive animate)
nutatesgewa'tieg — we failed to arrive at destination by a short distance — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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