maligeiwatl : play with / amuse

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she plays with him/her

Gloss: play with

Gloss: amuse

Text: Nuji'j maligeiwatl ugti'l.

Translation: My grandchild plays with his/her pet.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: ma·li·gey·wa·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

maligeiaq — I play with him/her — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

maligeiul — I play with you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

maligeiwit — He/she plays with me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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