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Part of speech

verb ii 16

Definition

it should be

Verb Forms

Verb Stem:
cuwitpot-
Changed Verb Stem:
ehcuwitpot-

Notes

(see also kat cuwitpotu)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Cuwitpot nit ktolluhkan. You have to do that.
Cuwitpot nit 'tolluhkanehpon sepay weci skat mocimahtek toke lamikuwam. He should have done that this morning so the house wouldn't stink now.
Cuwitpot yut kilun ksakihtunen. We should watch this.
Kat cuwitpotu knoqtuhkanin. You should not live alone.
Cuwitpot ehta knaci-wikuwamkomin tan etuci kisehtuwon. You should come visit me as soon as you can swing it.
Cuwitpot ktopostomon etoli-yuhukihin. You should be listening to what you're being told.
Mam-ote iywukot wasis, ntolitahasin nit ehcuwitpahk wen 'toluhkan; nekom 'topinuwan wasisol naka nil ntoluhkan. Finally, when we had a child, I thought one of us should work; she would watch the child, and I would work. (JAN)
Cuwitpotuhpon nit ntolluhkanehpon. I should have done it that way.
Kenuk nkoti-wesuwess muste neqt, naka ntoqeci-kiyahqehtun ehcuwitpahk. But I want to go back at least once and try to set things right (literally, straighten it out the way it should be). (RM)

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