gesplatl : make dull / make blunt

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she makes it(knife) dull
Gloss: make dull
Gloss: make blunt
Example:
Text: Tlawo'ql gesplatl. / Tlawo'ql kesplatl.
Translation: He/she dulls the knife.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: ges·pê·la·dêl
Alternate grammatical form:
gesplg — I make it dull — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
gespl'g't — We make it dull — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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