saputetelg : penetrate or pierce through (with bullet or arrow or compressed air/water)

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she penetrates or pierces through it with a bullet or an arrow or compressed air/water

Gloss: penetrate or pierce through (with bullet or arrow or compressed air/water)

Example:

Text: Lpa saputetelg msaqtaqt ge's etlwaqama'toq pe'sgewei.

Translation: He/she shot a hole right through the floor while he/she was cleaning the gun.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: sa·bu·de·delk

Alternate grammatical form:

saputetelm — I penetrate or pierce through it with a bullet or an arrow — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

saputetelmeg — We penetrate or pierce through it with a bullet or an arrow — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

saputetelg : penetrate or pierce through (with bullet or arrow or compressed air/water)

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