verb ai & ii 11, 22
s/he tries without success to go (somewhere); s/he, it cannot get there; (car, etc.) it fails to start
Plural:
aluwiyawolotuwok (ai)
Verb Stem:
-aluwiya-

Keywords

fail
unsuccessfully
get there
start 1

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nuci-aluwi Muselenk, 'sami-sahsoloqe. I couldn't make it to Eastport, because it (road) was too slippery.

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