jageju'patl : clean out (by eating) / mooch excessively (expression)

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she cleans it (animate) out by eating

Gloss: clean out (by eating)

Gloss: mooch excessively (expression)

Text: Nitap jagejl jageju'patl.

Translation: My friend eats a lobster like a lobster would.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: ja·ge·juu·ba·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

jageju'p'g — I clean it out by eating — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

jageju'p'gig — I clean them out by eating — (first person singular animate subject, third person plural animate object)

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