tewlugwet : work away from home / work outside the community

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she works away from home
Gloss: work away from home
Gloss: work outside the community
Example:
Text: Ntus tewlugwet wiguaq.
Translation: My daughter works away from her home.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: dew·lu·gwet
Alternate grammatical form:
tewlugwei / tew'lukwei — I work away from home — (first person singular animate)
tewlugweieg / tew'lukweiek — We work away from home — (first person dual exclusive animate)
tewlugutieg / tew'lukutiek — We work away from home — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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