mawsa'teget : make a fire (in stove or furnace) / build a fire (in stove or furnace)

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she builds a fire in a stove or furnace

Gloss: make a fire (in stove or furnace)

Gloss: build a fire (in stove or furnace)

Example:

Text: Ngijaq apjiw gesiegsitpu'g mawsa'tegep.

Translation: My mom used to always start a fire very early in the morning.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: maw·saa·de·get

Alternate grammatical form:

mawsa'tegei — I build a fire in a stove or furnace — (first person singular animate)

mawsa'tegeieg — We build a fire in a stove or furnace — (first person dual exclusive animate)

mawsa'tega'tieg — We build a fire in a stove or furnace — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document reference:

Transcription: maogsategei, faire du feu;

Transliteration: mawgsa’tegei, make fire

Source as entry: mawgsa’tegei, I make fire

Public note: On page of "pogteo, fire" related words.

Public note: Speakers Group: add "mawgsa’teget" as variant term to existing headword "mawsa'teget"

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