elapalatl : splash with holywater / to use for the first time(slang) / bless

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she blesses him/her

Gloss: splash with holywater

Gloss: to use for the first time(slang)

Gloss: bless

Example:

Text: Pa'tlia's elapalatl mijua'ji'tl ta'n tujiw signntuaj. / Pa'tlia's elapalatl mijua'ji'tl ta'n tujiw sikn'tuaj.

Translation: The priest blesses the child when he/she baptizes him/her.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: e·la·ba·la·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

elapalg — I bless him — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

elapalul — I bless you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

elapalit — He/she blesses me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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