matu'patl : eat scraps / eat a bit of

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she eats a bit of it (fish)
Gloss: eat scraps
Gloss: eat a bit of
Example:
Text: Mu' nnim mesgilug esgwiet na nme'j, pas gatu gina'sit gajuewj matu'patl.
Translation: There isn't much left of that fish, yet that cat is working hard to eat the scraps that are there.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: ma·duu·ba·dêl
Alternate grammatical form:
matu'p'g — I eat a bit of it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

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