metoqiaq : go down to / come down to / descend in elevation

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate intransitive
Translation: It(bus) descends (from the mountain) in elevation
Gloss: go down to
Gloss: come down to
Gloss: descend in elevation
Example:
Text: Weja'tegemg qospemg na awti metoqiaq.
Translation: From the lake the road starts to decend.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: me·do·hgi·ahk
Alternate grammatical form:
metoqiaql — They descend in elevation — (third person plural inanimate)

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