memgoqte'g : make a clearing / deforest / clear cut

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she makes a clearing

Gloss: make a clearing

Gloss: deforest

Gloss: clear cut

Example:

Text: Memgoqte'g ugtiga'taqan gesgmnaq ewi'gagw.

Translation: He/she is clearing his/her land before building his/her house.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: mem·kohk·teeg

Alternate grammatical form:

memgoqte'm — I make a clearing — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

memgoqte'meg — We make a clearing — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Document reference:

Transcription: memgato, a dépicher

Transliteration: memqatu, clear

Source as entry: memqatu, I make a clearing

Normalized source as entry: Memqatoq, he/she makes a clearing

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