gesgma'qiet : shivers up spine / shudder

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she has shivers up his/her spine
Gloss: shivers up spine
Gloss: shudder
Example:
Text: Teluet gesgma'qiet te's tepa'sit nanamiaqawei.
Translation: He/she says that he/she has shivers up his/her spine whenever he/she gets on a rocking chair.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: ges·kê·maa·hgi·et
Alternate grammatical form:
gesgma'qiei — I have shivers up my spine — (first person singular animate)
gesgma'qieieg — We have shivers up our spines — (first person dual exclusive animate)
gesgma'qia'tieg — We have shivers up our spines — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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