nutqwa'toq : put insufficient amount / add insufficient amount

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she puts an insufficient amount
Gloss: put insufficient amount
Gloss: add insufficient amount
Example:
Text: Pipnaqan gisitoq pas'g na nutqwa'toq salawei
Translation: He/she made bread but didn't put in enough salt.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: nut·hkwaa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
nutaqwa'tu — I put an insufficient amount — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
nutqwa'tueg — We put an insufficient amount — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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