menta'tl : beat or strike out(in a game) / knock off / remove by striking

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she beat him/her out

Gloss: beat or strike out(in a game)

Gloss: knock off

Gloss: remove by striking

Example:

Text: Ni'n wejo'tm gi'l mnto'lnin aq gi'l wejo'tmn ni'n mnte'in.

Translation: I try to knock you off and you try to knock me off.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: men·taa·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

mente'g — I beat him/her out — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

mento'l — I beat you out — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

mente'lit, mente'it — He/she beats me out — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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