aputasg'tesing / aputasg'tesing : flip backwards / flip over

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she flips backwards

Gloss: flip backwards

Gloss: flip over

Example:

Text: Ge'sg etliewsitutg na aputasg'tesing. / Ke'sk etliewsitutk na aputask'tesink.

Translation: While showing off he/she flips over.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: a·bu·das·gê·de·sink

Alternate grammatical form:

aputasg'tesin / aputask'tesin — I flip backwards — (first person singular animate)

aputasg'tesineg / aputask'tesinek — We flip backwards — (first person dual exclusive animate)

aputasg'tesultieg / aputask'tesultiek — We flip backwards — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Related entries for category "Ways of Moving"

apattesing : spring back
aptoqwet : lean (by holding on to something) to walk / use for balance
aputasg'tesing : flip backwards / flip over
aputasgiaq : flip / flip over / flip back
elgimsgwet : tiptoe over / sneak toward
etltesg : beat or move rythmically / shake
etltesing : where one got struck / where one got injured / beat or move rythmically / dance / shake
jampo'qiet : somersault