saputalqatg : dig through

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she digs through it

Gloss: dig through

Example:

Text: Tetujima'munielpanigs'g amujpa saputalqatmeg ntawtinen.

Translation: The snow drifts are so high we must dig through them to get out.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: sa·bu·dal·hkatk

Alternate grammatical form:

saputalqatm — I dig through it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

saputalqatmeg — We dig through it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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