pemto'gwet : drift off (to sleep) / pass out (from drinking) / drift along (on the water)

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she drifts off to sleep

Gloss: drift off (to sleep)

Gloss: pass out (from drinking)

Example:

Text: Gi's geji'g'pnig pmto'gutitaq, ma' na telmaljewe'jg gistlipgitapulti'gw.

Translation: I knew they would fall asleep, when they are that young they aren't able to stay up that late.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: bem·too·gwet

Alternate grammatical form:

pemto'gwei — I drift off to sleep — (first person singular animate)

pemto'gweieg — We drift off to sleep — (first person dual exclusive animate)

pemto'gutieg — We drift off to sleep — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she drifts along (on the water)

Gloss: drift along (on the water)

Example:

Text: Ala' psitnigtug gitap pemto'gwet.

Translation: Over there in the river channel your buddy is drifting along.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: bem·too·gwet

Alternate grammatical form:

pemto'gwei — I drift along — (first person singular animate)

pemto'gweieg — We drift along — (first person dual exclusive animate)

pemto'gutieg — We drift along — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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