núuṭa to return, turn back

Part of Speech v.intr
Vernacular Form نُوٹہ
Phonetic Form núuʈ
Morphemic Form núuṭ-
Inflection Class L:cons (Prs): nuuṭáanu, (Pfv): nuuṭílu, (Cv): nuuṭí, (Imp): núuṭ
Variant Form(s) núuṭe (Biori)
    • to return, turn back
      • Example 373:
        mámee bi paxpúla aḍaphaár tií gíi híni, xu bhíilam ma nuuṭíli híni.
        ma
        1sg.nom
        =ma
        1sg.nom
        =eé
        AMPL
        bi
        SEP
        paxpúla
        by.self
        aḍaphaár
        halfways
        tií
        up.to
        gíi
        go.pfv.FSG
        hin
        be.prs
        -i
        -f
        xu
        ADVS
        bhíilam
        in.fear
        ma
        1sg.nom
        núuṭ
        return
        -íl
        -pfv
        -i
        -f
        hin
        be.prs
        -i
        -f
        I myself went halfways [into the cave], but because of fear I turned back.
        Source: A:CAV024-5
      • Example 1161:
        paturáa nuuṭílu ta khayí zhayí wée asím ǰinaazá khaṣeelí wheelílu ta, uṭíka de andáa bhe.
        paturáa
        back
        núuṭ
        return
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        ta
        DS
        khay
        which
        -í
        -obl
        zhay
        place
        -í
        -obl
        wée
        in
        asím
        1pl.erg
        ǰinaazá
        corpse
        khaṣaalé
        drag
        -í
        -CV
        whaalé
        take.down
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        ta
        DS
        uṭík
        jump
        -e
        -3sg
        de
        pst
        andáa
        like.that
        bhe
        become
        -í
        -CV
        When I returned to the place where we had dragged the corpse, it was jumping like that.
        Source: A:GHA044-5e

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