nantung / nan'tunk : feel around for blindly or in the dark

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she feels around for it blindly or in the dark

Gloss: feel around for blindly or in the dark

Example:

Text: Miawitpa'q tugwiei aq smtug poqjinantunm ntu'gwesmunm. / Miawitpa'q tugwiei aq smtuk poqjinantum ntu'kwesmunm.

Translation: I awake in the middle of the night and right away I start feeling around for my pillow.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: nan·dunk

Alternate grammatical form:

nantunm / nan'tunm — I feel around for it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

nantunmeg / nan'tunmek — We feel around for it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Document reference:

Transcription: (nenatoneoei), tonem, tong, chercher avec la main, tâter

Expanded: (nenatoneoei), nenatonem, nenatong, chercher avec la main, tâter

Transliteration: (nenatunewei), nenatunm, nenatung, search by hand, feel

Transcription: nantong, nantonem, chercher avec la main, tâter

Transliteration: nantung, natunm, search by hand, feel

Source as entry: nantung, he/she searches by hand, feels about for him/her/it

Normalized source as entry: nantung, he/she searches by hand, feels about for him/her/it in the dirt

Public note: nantunm, I search by hand, feel about for him/her/it

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