gopitewe'get / kopitewe'ket : trap beaver

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she traps beaver

Gloss: trap beaver

Example:

Text: Newtipug pas'g telugwet gopitewe'get. / Newtipuk pas'k telukwet kopitewe'ket.

Translation: The whole winter the only he/she did was trap beaver.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: go·bi·de·wee·get

Alternate grammatical form:

gopitewe'gei / kopitewe'key — I trap beaver — (first person singular animate)

gopitewe'geieg / kopitewe'keiek — We trap beaver — (first person dual exclusive animate)

gopitewe'ga'tieg / kopitewe'ka'tiek — We trap beaver — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document reference:

Transcription: gopiteoegei, ch. castor

Expanded: gopiteoegei, chasser castor

Transliteration: gopitewe'gei, hunt beaver

Transcription: ġŏpiteoegei, chasser au castor

Transliteration: gopitewe'gei, beaver hunting

Source as entry: gopitewe'gei, I hunt beaver

Normalized source as entry: gopitewe'get, he/she hunts beaver

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