sespete'lmatl : worry about

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she is worry about him/her
Gloss: worry about
Example:
Text: E'pitji'j sespete'lmatl ugtji'nmuml pastung etlugweni'tl.
Translation: The young woman is worried about her husband working in the US.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: ses·pe·deel·ma·dêl
Alternate grammatical form:
sespete'lm'g, sespete'lmg — I worry about him/her — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)
sespete'lmul — I worry about you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)
sespete'lmit — He/she worries about me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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