esnapita'toq : tighten splints of basket against each other / tighten strips of basket against each other

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she/it tightens the splints of the basket against each other
Gloss: tighten splints of basket against each other
Gloss: tighten strips of basket against each other
Example:
Text: Gijiangam ta'n teliesnapita'toq na ligpnign wesgo'tg.
Translation: Look closely at how he/she tightens the splints on that basket he/she is working on.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: es·na·bi·taa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
esnapita'tu — I tighten the splints of the basket against each other — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
esnapita'tueg — we tighten the splints of the basket against each other — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
Document reference:
Transcription: esnapitato, serrer les rubans du panier les uns contre les autres
Transliteration: esnapita’tu, tighten the strips of the basket against each other
Source as entry: esnapita’tu, I tighten the splints of the basket against each other
Normalized source as entry: esnapita’toq, he/she/it tightens the splints of the basket against each other

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