nantuat / nan'tuat : hunt eels in mud

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she hunts eels in mud

Gloss: hunt eels in mud

Example:

Text: Mu nugu' ni'n migwite'lmaq wen nantuan. / Mu nuku' ni'n mikwite'lmaq wen nan'tuan.

Translation: I can't remember anyone who hunts for eels in the mud in winter.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: nan·du·at

Related entry: nenatuat

Alternate grammatical form:

nantuai / nan'tuay — I hunt eels in mud — (first person singular animate)

nantuaieg / nan'tuayek — We hunt eels in mud — (first person dual exclusive animate)

nantua'tieg / nan'tua'tiek — We hunt eels in mud — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document reference:

Transcription: (v. nāntoai), chercher avec le harpon (115, 2)

Expanded: (voir nāntoai), chercher avec le harpon (115, 2)

Transliteration: (see na’ntuai), to search with a harpoon (115, 2)

Transcription: nantoei (papgeg), natoei, totitjig, harponner

Expanded: nantoei (papgeg), natoei, natotitjig, harponner

Transliteration: nantuei (papge'g), natuei, natutijig, to fish with a harpoon

Source as entry: nantuei/natuei, I fish with a harpoon

Normalized source as entry: nantuet/natuet, he/she fishes with a harpoon

Public note: papge'g, down river/down the coast

Transcription: nantoai (Nic. pas nena...)

Transliteration: nantuai (Nic. pas nena...)

Transcription: nantoan, si je... gatoegei; voir natoei

Expanded: nantoan, si je... nantogoatoegei; voir natoei

Transliteration: nantuan, if I... nantugatuegei; see natuei

Source as entry: nantuan, you hunt eels in the mud

Normalized source as entry: nantuat, he/she hunts eels in the mud

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