sasqatesing : fall flat on belly / belly flop

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: He/she falls flat on the belly
Gloss: fall flat on belly
Gloss: belly flop
Example:
Text: Ge's pemtugwi'meg, pesoqtesgmaieg aq sasqatesineg.
Translation: As we ran, we stumbled and fell flat on our stomaches.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: sas·hka·de·sink
Alternate grammatical form:
sasqatesin — I fall flat on the belly — (first person singular animate)
sasqatesineg — We fall flat on our bellies — (first person dual exclusive animate)
sasqatesultieg — We fall flat on our bellies — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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