metoqwa'latl : bring down to / take to lower land / take to lower elevation

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she takes him/her to lower land

Gloss: bring down to

Gloss: take to lower land

Gloss: take to lower elevation

Example:

Text: Gisgug metoqwa'latl unjann sitmug.

Translation: He/she is taking his/her child down to the beach today.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: me·do·hgwaa·la·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

metoqwa'l'g — I take him/her to lower land — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

metoqwa'lul — I take you to lower land — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

metoqwa'lit — He/she takes me to lower land — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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