gi'gatagnimatl : exaggerate about / render worst than is / render better than is

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she exaggerates about him/her

Gloss: exaggerate about

Gloss: render worst than is

Gloss: render better than is

Example:

Text: Pana ne'gaw gi'gatagnimatl / Pana ne'kaw ki'kataknimatl.

Translation: He/she has always exaggerated what he/she says about him/her.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: gii·ga·da·gê·ni·ma·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

gi'gatagnimg — I exaggerate about someone — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

gi'gatagnimul — I exaggerate about you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

gi'gatagnimit — He/she exaggerates about me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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