espa'toq : lift up high / raise up high

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she/it lifts it up high
Gloss: lift up high
Gloss: raise up high
Example:
Text: Me' espa'tueg'p muta gimu'tug ejinteg'p.
Translation: We raised it up higher because it was a bit low.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: es·baa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
espa'tu — I lift it up high — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
espa'tueg — We lift it up high — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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