musigatgunta'ji : delimb logs with axe / remove branches from logs with axe

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she delimbs logs with an axe
Gloss: delimb logs with axe
Gloss: remove branches from logs with axe
Example:
Text: Pie'l natlugwetaq nipugtug, musigatgunta'ji miti'sg.
Translation: Peter has gone to work in the woods, he delimbs trees.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: mu·si gat·gun·daa·ji
Alternate grammatical form:
musigatgunte'gig — I delimb trees with an axe — (first person singular animate subject, third person plural animate object)

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