aptlama'toq / aptlama'toq : smother (fire) / block off air from

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she smothers it
Gloss: smother (fire)
Gloss: block off air from
Example:
Text: Epsaqtejgl gepsoqta'teg, na aptlama'toq pugtew.
Translation: When he/she closed the draft on the stove, it smothered the fire.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: ap·tê·la·maa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
aptlama'tu / aptlama'tu — I smother it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
aptlama'tueg / aptlama'tuek — We smother it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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