ewsinpat : feign sleep / pretend to sleep

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she pretends to sleep
Gloss: feign sleep
Gloss: pretend to sleep
Example:
Text: Ewsinpat glamen mijua'ji'j npatew.
Translation: He/she pretends to sleep so the baby will fall asleep.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: ew·sin·pat
Alternate grammatical form:
ewsinpai — I pretend to sleep — (first person singular animate)
ewsinpaieg — We pretend to sleep — (first person dual exclusive animate)
ewsinpa'tieg — We pretend to sleep — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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