pegwatoq : at fault / cause

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she is at fault

Gloss: at fault

Gloss: cause

Example:

Text: Negm telta'sit pegwatoq ta'n telgigpesaq.

Translation: He/she thinks he/she caused it to rain.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: be·gwa·dohk

Alternate grammatical form:

pegwatu — I am at fault — (first person singular animate)

pegwatueg — We are at fault — (first person dual exclusive animate)

pegwatu'tieg — We are at fault — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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ajiglu'sit : better than
ajiwinjig : worse
ajiwinjit : worse
alua'latl : find unsatisfactory
alua'toq : find unsatisfactory
aluamatl : find unsatisfactory in appearance / find unattractive
aluapt'g : find the appearance unsatisfactory / find unattractive
amiglu'lg : sort of good / somewhat good
amiglu'sit : sort of good / so·so / somewhat precious
amsala'latl : do something wrong to / do something incorrect to
amsala's'g : go wrong
amsala'sit : do wrong / go wrong
amsaliaq : go wrong
ansue'g : unfortunate / too bad
apajiaq : result of / outcome / return / comeuppance / penalty / reward
espe'g : high in rank / important / important / high in rank
gegnua'latl : do correctly or properly
gegnua'teget : inform / do what is proper or correct
gegnua'toq : do correctly or properly
gelu'lg : good / nice
gelu'si'ji'jit : very small and somewhat good
gelu'sit : good / nice
gi'wajiaq : honest / fact / true / so
giasgiw : correct / proper / exactly
giasgiwewei : correct one / proper one / right one
gjitmei : genuine / real one / genuine / real one / really / actually / truly / factually
goqqaja'teget : do the right thing / do correctly
gs'geltaqan : valued and protected / precious / someone held dear / something animate held dear / something held dear
gsite'taqan : someone cherished or valued / someone precious / something cherished or valued / something precious
gsnqo'qon : foolishness / silly / pointless
gsnqo'weiei : foolish thing / useless object / worthless object
istue'g : different / not normal / strange / different / strange
logowit : fortunate / lucky
maw_winjig : very bad
maw_winjit : very bad / worse
mawiglu'sit : very good
mawiglulg : very good
menaqajewa'latl : do carefully and correctly
menaqajewa'toq : do carefully and correctly
menaqajewei : rightfully / by rights! (exclamation) / right or correct one / right or correct one
metue'g : difficult / hard to do
mujgajewei : the best!
naqamase'g : manageable / easy (to do) / at hand, handy
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naqsio'pla'toq : quickly do wrong
naqsitetapua'latl : quickly do right / satisfy quickly / quickly treat correctly or appropriately
naqsitetapua'toq : quickly do right / quickly do correctly
nsanoqon : danger
nsanoqonig : dangerous
nsanoqonit : dangerous
o'pla'latl : do wrong / do something wrong to
o'pla's'g : go wrong
o'pla'sit : go wrong
o'pla'teget : do wrong / do incorrectly
o'pla'toq : do wrong / do incorrectly
pajijiglu'sit : extremely good or nice / the best
pajijiglulg : extremely good or nice / best
pajijiwinjig : extremely bad / worst
pajijiwinjit : extremely bad / worst
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piamglu'lg : better
piamglu'sit : better
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piltua'sit : turn out differently / turn out unexpectedly
teliaq : true / happens
tetapu'teg : correct / proper
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tetapua'teget : do what is right / do right way
tetapua'toq : do right way / do correctly
tetapuigsua'toq : take right or proper way
ugtapsunig : useful
ugtapsunit : useful
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wela'toq : do properly
welapetg : benefit / is useful to / obtain favor or something good from
weliaq : useful / good
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wetapsunig : useful
wetapsunit : useful