apua'toq / apua'toq : thaw / warm

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she thaws it

Gloss: thaw

Gloss: warm

Example:

Text: Apua'toq wi'us ugjit wela'gwewei. / Apua'toq wi'us wjit wela'kwewey.

Translation: He/she thaws out meat for supper.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: a·bu·aa·dohk

Alternate grammatical form:

apua'tu / apua'tu — I thaw it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

apua'tueg / apua'tuek — We thaw it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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