pegitapematl : useful for a long time

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she is useful to him/her for a long time

Gloss: useful for a long time

Example:

Text: Pegitapematl na wi'sisl gisine'pa'tl, te's'g tawoqwei weja'tuaj.

Translation: He/she has had a lot of use from that animal he/she slew, he/she has gotten so many things from it.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: be·gi·da·be·ma·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

pegitapemg — He/she is useful to me for a long time — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

pegitapemul — You are useful to me for a long time — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

pegitapemit — I am useful to him/her for a long time — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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