getmete'gl : win all / break all / destroy all

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she wins all of them

Gloss: win all

Example:

Text: Lpa ms't getmete'gl Jonni. / Lpa msît ketmete'kl Jonni.

Translation: Johnny wins every single one of them.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: ge·dê·me·dee·gêl

Alternate grammatical form:

getmete'mann — I won them all — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

getmete'megl — We won them all — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she breaks all of them

Gloss: break all

Gloss: destroy all

Example:

Text: Geget getmete'gl na tuop'ti'l ge's guntewte'g na wenji'guom.

Translation: He/she has almost broken all of the windows from throwing rocks at that house.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: ge·dê·me·dee·gêl

Alternate grammatical form:

getmete'mann — I broke them all — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

getmete'megl — We broke them all — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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