menigwatg : scrape off / pry off (with hands or tool)

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she pries it off
Gloss: scrape off
Gloss: pry off (with hands or tool)
Example:
Text: Tewji pugwelg sisgu amujpa menigwatg gesgmnaq pisgwa'gw wenji'guomg. / Tewji pukwelk sisku amujpa menikwatk keskmnaq piskwa'kw wen'ji'kuomk.
Translation: There is so much mud he/she has to scrape it off before going into the house.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: me·ni·gwatk
Alternate grammatical form:
menigwatm — I pry it off — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
menigwatmeg — We pry it off — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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