gelguatl : hold down with body weight

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she holds someone down with his/her body weight
Gloss: hold down with body weight
Example:
Text: Lpa ngwis gelguit wastewigtug.
Translation: My son held me down in the snow with his weight.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: gel·ku·a·dêl
Alternate grammatical form:
gelgaq — I hold him/her down with my body weight — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)
gelgul — I hold you down with my body weight — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)
gelguit — He/she hold me down with his/her body weight — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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