ment'g : bite off

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she bites it off
Gloss: bite off
Example:
Text: Teljipaqatesing suel winnu ment'g.
Translation: He/she was so startled he/she almost bit his/her tongue off.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: men·têk
Alternate grammatical form:
mentm — I bite it off — (first person singular animate)
mentmeg — We bite it off — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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