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

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she takes it to lower land

Gloss: bring down to

Gloss: take to lower elevation

Gloss: take to lower land

Text: Metoqwa'toq pugsug ta'n giste'g'p.

Translation: He/she is bringing down the wood that he/she cut.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: me·do·hgwaa·dohk

Alternate grammatical form:

metoqwa'tu — I take it to lower land — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

metoqwa'tueg — We take it to lower land — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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