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Part of speech

preverb

Definition

having gone and returned; back from having gone (to do something)

Verb Forms

Verb Stem:
-api (-ap-)

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Api-witimiye. He's back from church.
Apsoqe. He's back from checking his traps.
'Tapiptun wikhikon. He went and got the book and has returned. He's back from getting the book.
(with mec-op-al) Mec-op-al ntapisk? May I go pee (and come back)?
Mec-op-al ntapay? Can I go play?
Mec-op-al-op ntapi-wikuwamkoman nuhkomosson? Can we go see our grandmother? (WN)

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