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Part of speech

verb ii 15

Definition

it is late

Verb Forms

Verb Stem:
metsi-

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Am yaq-ote welaqiwik kis metsiw, solahki yaq-ote sakhi-ksiyapit khakonok. Finally, when it was already late in the night, he suddenly appeared looking in at the door. (MT)
Mesq toke metsiw. (Mesq-ote 'sami-metsiw toke.) It's not (too) late yet.
Kis 'sami-metsiw nutahan. It's too late now to go out. It's too late now for me to go out.

Audio Recordings

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