nanama'latl : rock (baby) / swing

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she rocks him/her

Gloss: rock (baby)

Gloss: swing

Example:

Text: Sangew nanama'latl unjanji'tl glapis pemto'gwenij.

Translation: She gently rocks her baby/young child until he/she drifts off to sleep.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: na·na·maa·la·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

nanama'l'g — I rock him/her — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

nanama'lul — I rock you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

nanama'lit — He/she rocks me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

Document reference:

Transcription: nanamāleg, bercer, remuer, [illegible]... nanamalas (intr. avant)

Transliteration: nanama'l'g, rock, move [illegible]... nanama'la's (intr. before)

Source as entry: nanama'l'g, I rock him/her

Normalized source as entry: nanama'latl, he/she rocks him/her

Public note: nanama'la's, I will rock him/her; nanama'la's?, will I rock him/her?

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