mes'tesguatl : arrive late and miss someone entirely / miss meeting someone because of timing

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she misses a connection with him/her

Gloss: arrive late and miss someone entirely

Gloss: miss meeting someone because of timing

Example:

Text: Mes'tesguatl ta'n telia's'guaj umisl.

Translation: He/she arrived to late to pick-up his/her older sister.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: me·sê·des·ku·a·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

mes'tesgaq — I miss him/her because of arriving too late — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

mes'tesgul — I miss you because of arriving too late — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

mes'tesguit — He/she missed me because of arriving too late — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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