wapoqsit : sun bleached / bleached / is whitened (from sun)

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she is sun-bleached
Gloss: sun bleached
Gloss: bleached
Gloss: is whitened (from sun)
Example:
Text: Wapoqsit nugu' la ntatlaim, newt ewne'g'pnaq.
Translation: This shirt of mine is sunbleached, it was once blue.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: wa·bohk·sit
Alternate grammatical form:
wapoqsijig — They are sun-bleached — (third person dual animate)
wapoqsultijig — They are sun-bleached — (third person plural animate)

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