Itet means ‘to sleep’.
Pronunciation
Itet sounds like EE-tutt
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling
-ing form
Itet has a special ‘-ing‘ form to describe an ongoing action, like this: í:tet – to sleep (audio here).
The –ing form is written with a colon (:) after the vowel. This partly marks length (the vowel is slightly longer in the –ing form), but more importantly the –ing form has a sharply FALLING pitch.
Related Words
Itet is also the root for a number of related words, including:
- ítetem – sleepy
- itetlómet – to fall asleep (-lómet marks -self)
- itetáwtxw – sleeping room, sleeping building (You can use this for either a hotel or a bedroom. The -awtxw ending marks buildings and rooms.)
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