mattaqta'tl : pluck (as string) / tug (a string) / pull (a string) / jerk (a string)

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she plucks it (a string)

Gloss: pluck (as string)

Gloss: tug (a string)

Gloss: pull (a string)

Gloss: jerk (a string)

Text: Nme'j mattaqta'tl nta'papiml.

Translation: The fish is pulling on my line.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: mat·tahk·taa·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

mattaqte'g — I pluck it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

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