melg'tqasit : strong rope / strong string

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: Strong rope
Gloss: strong rope
Gloss: strong string
Example:
Text: Welta'si telmlg'tqasij ula a'papi, muta gesgujaq ta'n goqwei wetnnmu'g.
Translation: I'm glad this is such a strong rope, because what we are pulling is heavy.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: mel·gêt·qa·sit
Alternate grammatical form:
melg'tqasijig — They are strong ropes — (third person dual animate)
melg'tqasultijig — They are strong ropes — (third person plural animate)

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