eligjepilawet : make bottom part (of basket)

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she makes the bottom of something

Gloss: make bottom part (of basket)

Text: Lipgnign eltmg amujpa tmg eligjepilawemg.

Translation: When making a basket one first has to assemble the bottom.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: e·lik·che·bi·la·wet

Alternate grammatical form:

eligjepilawei — I make a bottom part (of a basket) — (first person singular animate)

eligjepilaweieg — we make a bottom part (of a basket) — (first person dual exclusive animate)

eligjepilawa'utieg — we make a bottom part (of a basket) — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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