toqjua't : go up (stairs) / mount (stairs) / swim up stream

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she goes up

Gloss: go up (stairs)

Gloss: mount (stairs)

Example:

Text: Etug tami eteg? Gi's ta'pu toqjua'i aq nisa'si algwilm, mnaq we'jitu.

Translation: Where could it be? I have already gone up and down the stairs twice looking for it and I haven't found it yet.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: dohk·chu·aad

Alternate grammatical form:

toqjua'i — I go up — (first person singular animate)

toqjua'tieg — We go up — (first person dual exclusive animate)

toqjuita'ieg — We go up — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: It swims up stream

Gloss: swim up stream

Example:

Text: Ta'n tujiw plamu getu' siga'lat amujpa tmg toqjua't sipug.

Translation: When a salmon goes to spawn it must first swim up stream.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: dohk·chu·aad

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