engalatl : measure / weigh

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she measures him/her

Gloss: measure

Gloss: weigh

Example:

Text: Engalaji unjang ta'n telpitoqsultnij. / Enkalatl un'jank ta'n telpitoqsultnij.

Translation: He/she measures the height of his/her children.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: en·ga·la·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

engalg — I measure him — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

engalul — I measure you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

engalit — He/she measures me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

Related entries for category "Size & Shape"

apje'jg : small
apje'ji'jg : tiny / very small
apje'ji'jit : tiny / very small
apje'jit : small
apjoqji'jg : small in girth / slender / thin
apjoqji'jit : tiny in girth / slender / thin
apsa'latl : reduce the size of / make smaller
apsa'toq : make smaller
ejina'gwit : low-sided container (plate, cake pan, cookie sheet, platter)
engalatl : measure / weigh
engaqan : measurement
engatg : scale / measure / weigh
engemgewei : measuring instrument
enget : scale / measure (pertaining to wood)
engewatl : to scale(pertaining to pulpwood or logs) / to survey land
espa'gwit : high-sided container (churn, glass, vase, cup)
ewe'ge'g : roomy / uncrowded
gesga'sit : disappear / become invisible / wide / become wider
gesga'toq : make disappear / make wider
gesgamu'g : blurred / looks wide / appears wide
gesgamugsit : blurred / looks wide
gesge'g : wide / wide
gesgugg : heavy
gesgulg : heavy
gesgulqeg : wide and deep (canoe, chair)
gesimaqapsg'sit : very large and round
gesimaqapsgeg : very large and round
ginisgwe'g : pointed / have sharp point / pointed / have sharp point
ginisgwig : pointed shape
istuig : crooked / uneven / asymmetical
istuigit : crooked / uneven / different / dishonest
jijigulqeg : narrow and shallow (of canoe)
jijigwe'jg : narrow
jijigwe'jit : narrow
lape'lis : yard (of measurement)
leppie : foot (in measurement) / feet (in measurement) / twelve inches
maqa'latl : enlarge
maqa'q : big and round (cylindrical) / big (in girth)
maqa'toq : enlarge
maqalqasit : have large hole / have large opening
maqapsg'sit : large and round / plump / bulbous / corpulent / rotund
maqapsgeg : large and globular / large and round / plump / bulbous / rotund
maqigtulit : have a big boat
maqisge'g : wide / broad / expansive / wide / broad / expansive
maqoqsit : big (in girth) / big and round (cylindrical)
megwapsg'sit : red and round
megwapsgeg : red and round
menjapsg'sit : dome shaped / half round
mesgi'g : big
mesgigji'jit : somewhat big
mesgilg : big
mtijin : inch / thumb
musigapsg'sit : smooth and round
ne'naqji'jg : light (in weight)
ne'naqji'jit : light (in weight)
newgt'pilja's'g : width/breath of the hand
ngaqan : ruler / measure
ngatign : pound (of weight)
nigtua's'g : branch off / form crotch / divide
nigtuigg : crotched / split
nigtuigit : split shaped / forked shape
nutg'g : no longer fits / something has become too large or too small to fit anymore
nutqwijijigwe'jg : insufficiently narrow
nutqwijijigwe'jit : insufficiently narrow
pase'g : thick / thick
paspit : thick / dense / piled deep
pasteg : thick / dense
pega'q : straight
pegoqsit : straight
pemimqapsg'sit : become large and round
pemimqapsgeg : become large and round
pepga'latl : thin out (liquid) / thin down (board)
pepga'q'g : thin iron / thin axe / thin knife
pepga'toq : thin out / thin down
pepge'jg : thin
pepge'jit : thin
pijigiaq : curve inward
pijigiet : curve in
piptoqopsg'sit : round (globular)
piptoqopsgeg : round (globular)
piptoqwa'q : cylindrical thing / tubular thing
piptugwagig : round (circular)
piptugwagit : round (circular)
pisgwigiaq : curve inward
pisgwigiet : curve inward
pita'q : long / tall
pitoqsit : tall
pittaq : long
pittaqapegisg : long enclosed structure (arena) / long open structure (wharf, air strip) / long strip of material (fabric)
pittaqsit : long
saqte'g : flat / flat
sasqapit : flat
sasqateg : flat
sasqe'g : flat / flat
tela'q : have such circumference
telapsg'sit : so big and round or oval shaped
telapsgeg : big and round or oval shaped
teligg : shaped like / dressed as such
teligit : shaped like / dressed as such
teligsugg : weigh such an amount / so heavy
teligsugulg : weigh such amount
teloqsit : have such circumference / size of circumference
telpita'q : is such length
telpitoqsit : is such height / is such length
tepaqapit : good fit / right size
tepaqateg : fit / right size
tetpaqatl : weigh
tetpaqig : straight in shape / straight
tetpaqigit : straight in shape / straight
tetpaqign : scale
tetpaqq : weigh
tetutgi'g : same size as / as big as this/that / approximate size
tetutgilg : same size as / as big as him/her/it / approximate size
tewalqiaq : bulge out / spill out, stick out, or protrude
tewalqiet : bulge out / spill out, stick out, or protrude
tewigiaq : curve outward
tewigiet : curve outward
toqopaqji'jg : short and string shaped / short (in length)
toqopaqji'jit : short and string shaped / short (in length)
toqopsg'sit : short and round (globular)
toqopsgeg : short and round (globular)
toqwaqji'jg : short
toqwaqji'jit : short / short of something
tugune'g : hollow / hollow / empty headed
ugumejig : lopsided / crooked
ugumejigit : lopsided / crooked
wannoqsit : curved inward / concave
waqjuig : crooked / bent
waqjuiga'latl : bend / make crooked
waqjuiga's'g : become crooked / droop
waqjuiga'sit : bend / droop
waqjuiga'toq : bend / make crooked
waqjuigit : crooked / bent
we'tung : feel weight of
weita'q : shrink
weita't : shrink
wela'q : right size in girth
welg'g : good fit
weligg : have nice shape
weligit : have nice shape
weljijigwe'jg : narrow enough
weljijigwe'jit : narrow enough
weloqsit : appropriate size in girth
welpasteg : nice and thick
weltaqsit : good length (e.g. of rope)
weltesg : fits well
weltesing : good fit
wesamgi'g : too big
wesamgilg : too big
wesamiapje'jg : too small
wesamijijigwe'jg : too narrow
wesamisge'g : too wide
wesamitqwaqji'jit : too short
wesammaqoqsit : too big (in girth) / too big and round (cylindrical)