apt'sqata'tl / aptîsqata'tl : lock up / lock in / lock out with quick motion or accidentally

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she locks him in or out

Gloss: lock up

Gloss: lock in

Gloss: lock out with quick motion or accidentally

Example:

Text: Suel pejiapt'sqata'tl uggwitl. / Suel peji-apt'sqata'tl ukwitl.

Translation: He/she almost accidently locks his/her mother out.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: ap·tês·hka·daa·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

apt'sqate'g / apt'sqate'k — I lock him out/in — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

apt'sqato'l / apt'sqato'l — I lock you out/in — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

apt'sqate'lit / apt'sqate'lit — He/she locks me out /in — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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