malatalg : eat little / eat poorly / eat inadequately

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she eats a little
Gloss: eat little
Gloss: eat poorly
Gloss: eat inadequately
Example:
Text: Nugu' tewjiewlamugsit amuj malatalg.
Translation: He/she is looking so frail he/she must be eating very little.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: ma·la·dalk
Alternate grammatical form:
malatal — I eat a little — (first person singular animate)
malataleg — We eat a little — (first person dual exclusive animate)
malatalultieg — We eat a little — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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