matte'g : beat / spank / thrash

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she beats it
Gloss: beat
Gloss: spank
Gloss: thrash
Example:
Text: Newtiegsitpu'g etlmatte'g't ligpeta'w, eli'g'tjig ligpete'gnapi'g.
Translation: All morning we have been beating the ash to make ash strips.(used in basket weaving).
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: mat·teeg
Alternate grammatical form:
matte'm — I beat it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
matte'meg — We beat it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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