melgiaqasit : muscular / tough

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she is muscular
Gloss: muscular
Gloss: tough
Example:
Text: Mawmelgiaqasit wen na tellugwej.
Translation: One gets very muscular doing that.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: mel·ki·a·hga·sit
Alternate grammatical form:
melgiaqasi — I am muscular — (first person singular animate)
melgiaqasieg — we are muscular — (first person dual exclusive animate)
melgiaqasultieg — we are muscular — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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