wejigs'gutesg'g : try to catch on time

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she tries to catch something on time

Gloss: try to catch on time

Example:

Text: Wejigs'gutesg'g wela'gowei.

Translation: He/she tries to make it there for supper.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: we·jik·sê·ku·des·kêk

Alternate grammatical form:

wejigs'gutesgm — I try to catch it on time — (first person singular animate subject, third person plural inanimate object)

wejigs'gutesgmeg — We try to catch it on time — (1p-3ip)

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enmiaq : goes home / goes onward / when (it comes to pass)
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esgmat : await / wait
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ge's_mu : before
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gesgutesg'g : just in time / get there on time before it departs / get there on time just before it starts
gesgutesgmat : on time (for) / just in time
gesgutesguatl : caught in the act / catch by surprise / catch on time
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gesp'teg : Saturday
gespiaqantie'uti : weekend
getu'pgising : expected to arrive
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giaspiaq : result / end / last
giaspigisg'g : last day
giaspilugwet : last time worked
giaspiw : since
gisgug : today
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glapis : finally / eventually
gne'g : soon / shortly in time / later
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gsinug : next winter / forthcoming winter
gtiginipn : summer before last
gtigipug : last winter
gtigipun : last year
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gtigulagu : day before yesterday / other day
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mes'tesgmat : miss a connection / miss / arrive too late for
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na'gu'setewei : clock / watch
na'gweg : day / daylight / day
na'gweg : day / daylight / day
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naqsilugwet : work quickly
naqsipgising : arrive early / arrive ahead of time
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ne'wowei : Thursday / fourth one
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nespiw : also / while / at the same time / including
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newte' : one / still / yet / continues
newte' : one / still / yet / continues
newtigisg'g : all day long / all day
newtipug : all winter / one winter
newtipunqeg : one year / year
newtitpa'q : all-night / all-night long
nige' : now
nipaqteget : sails at night
nipatalg : eat at night
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nipeteluatl : shot at him/her/it (beaver) at night
nipetesg'g : journey by night to destination / travel by night to destination
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nipiagnutmat : narrates by night / tells by night / recounts by night
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nipiwisugwet : cooks at night (for others)
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panianug : next spring
paniaq : end of the snow period
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pe'l : for now / for the time being / while
pe'l_ap_ta'n_tujiw : wait until some other time / wait until the next time / until some other time
pe'l_tmg : first of all
pegije'g : long time
pegijiesgmalatl : wait long time for
pegijiesgmatg : wait long time for
pegijipnet : suffers from long term illness
pegitapegsig : long lasting / take a long time to unfold
pegitapematl : useful for a long time
pegitapetg : useful for long time
pegitapit : stay up late
pegitawsit : live long life
pegitewo'gwet : talk long time
pegitqatg : stay long time
pegittemit : cry long while
pegittoq : is taking a long time to return / is taking a long time
pejipug : winter arrives
pempisgiaq : become twilight
penatmuigu's : April
pesgiaq : get dark / night falls
pile'sm : novice / rookie
pilei : new / new
pilei : new / new
piligan : new house / new camp
piluamugwiaq : become dusk / change color
pisgiaq : get dark / night falls
pnamujuigu's : January
poqjin'timg : beginning of war
ps'guigu's : July
Pusu'_Puna'ne : Happy New Year!
Pusu'l_Puna'ne : Happy New Year!
qalqwasiet : sun sets
sa'q : long ago
sa'qawei : old / old
sapo'nug : tomorrow
sepawe’nmat : lights up the morning fire
sepei : this morning
si'gewigu's : March
si'gowigu's : March
si'stewei : Wednesday / third one
siggw : spring / springtime
siggwe'l : about or toward spring
sigun : last spring
sigunug : next spring
sipeliw : seldom / rarely / often (Listuguj)
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ta'n_te's : every time / each time
ta'n_telinqase'g : as soon as
ta'n_tlipgije'g : as long as
ta'n_tujiw : when / whenever / at that time
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ta'sugunit : on what date / what is the date?
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tapuipuna't : two years old
tapuipunqeg : two years
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te'sipuna't : so many years old
te'sipunqeg : annually / so many years
te'sitpa'q : every night
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tepgunsetewei : calendar
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toqosi'p : and then / then
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tujiw : at that time
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wapn : first light / daylight
wapnamugwiaq : dawning / daybreak
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wapngusit : sleep until dawn
wapnintoq : sing until dawn
wapntesing : dance until dawn
we'gow : until / all along / during
weja'tegemg : from there on / from now on
weja'tegemgeg : from that time on
wejgwa'tegemg : in the past
wejgwa'tegemgeg : in the past until now
wejgwapniaq : daybreak
wejgwitpa'q : approach or come nightfall
wejigs'gutesg'g : try to catch on time
wejigsugutesguatl : try to catch on time
wela'gowei : supper
wela'gw : evening / dusk / night
wela'gwe'g : last night
wela'gwe'l : toward evening
weliegsitpu'g : nice morning
welinqana'mat : has a good time drinking
welitpa'q : nice evening or night
weloqotalg : eat supper / have supper
weltamultimg : Friday
weltesg'g : meet up with (on foot) / meet or arrive on time
wigewigu's : October
wigumgewigu's : September
wisqipgising : arrive suddenly