newapalatl : cool off with water

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she cools him/her off with water

Gloss: cool off with water

Text: Giju' newapalatl unjanji'jl muta wesampteg.

Translation: Mother cools off her child with water because it's too hot.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: ne·wa·ba·la·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

newapalg — I cool him/her off with water — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

newapalul — I cool you off with water — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

newapalit — He/she cool me off with water — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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