mente'g : knock off / remove by striking

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she knocks it off
Gloss: knock off
Gloss: remove by striking
Example:
Text: Ge' jugwa'tui ala tmi'gn, getu' mnte'm ula psetgun.
Translation: Bring me that axe, I want to chop this knot off the tree.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: men·teeg
Alternate grammatical form:
mente'm — I knock it off — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
mente'meg — We knock it off — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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