ewsa'toq : pretend to hit / threaten to hit

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she pretends to hit with (it)...
Gloss: pretend to hit
Gloss: threaten to hit
Example:
Text: Ewsa'tugsie'g gmu'j, na wesmugwaieg'p.
Translation: When he/she threatened to hit us with a stick, that's when we ran away.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: ew·saa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
ewsa'tu — I pretend to hit with (it)... — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
ewsa'tuegl — we pretend to hit with (those)... — (1p-3ip)

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