enqa'latl : halt / stop

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she brings someone to a halt
Gloss: halt
Gloss: stop
Example:
Text: Gast'pl enqa'latl ji'nmul awtigtug. / Kast'pl enqa'latl ji'nmul awtiktuk.
Translation: The cop stops the man on the road.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: en·hkaa·la·dêl
Related entry: naqa'latl
Alternate grammatical form:
enqa'l'g — I stop him — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)
enqa'lul — I stop you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)
enqa'lit — He/she stops me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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