sapa'toq : save (from mishap) / get through

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she it gets through
Gloss: save (from mishap)
Gloss: get through
Example:
Text: Ninen sapa'tueg wenji'guom ugjit mu nu'gwa'n. / Ninen sapa'tuek wen'ji'kuom wjit mu nu'kwa'n.
Translation: We save the house from burning.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: sa·baa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
sapa'tu — I get it through — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
sapa'tueg — We get it through — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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