maqisge'g : wide / broad / expansive / wide / broad / expansive

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
1.
Part of speech: verb inanimate intransitive
Translation: It is wide
Gloss: wide
Gloss: broad
Gloss: expansive
Example:
Text: Maqisge'gl na pata'uti'l, etug teptestetal?
Translation: Those tables are wide, will they fit?
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: ma·hgis·keeg
Alternate grammatical form:
maqisge'gl — They are wide — (third person plural inanimate)
2.
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she is wide
Gloss: wide
Gloss: broad
Gloss: expansive
Example:
Text: Maqisgo'ltijig na nitape'sgwaq nugu'.
Translation: My women friends are getting wide (in girth) at this point.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: ma·hgis·keeg
Alternate grammatical form:
maqisge'i — I am wide — (first person singular animate)
maqisge'ieg — We are wide — (first person dual exclusive animate)
maqisgo'ltieg — We are wide — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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