agase'wit / akase'wit : enlist / sign up / trade (Cape Breton) / hire (New Brunswick)

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she enlists

Gloss: enlist

Gloss: sign up

Gloss: trade (Cape Breton)

Gloss: hire (New Brunswick)

Example:

Text: Matntimgeg agase'wip. / Matntimkek akase'wip.

Translation: During the war he/she enlisted. (past tense)

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: a·ga·see·wit

Alternate grammatical form:

agase'wi / akase'wi — I enlist — (first person singular animate)

agase'wieg / akase'wiek — we enlist — (first person dual exclusive animate)

agase'wultieg / akase'wultiek — we enlist — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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