temalua'toq : shorten / break off at tail or rear end / dock

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she shortens it

Gloss: shorten

Gloss: break off at tail or rear end

Gloss: dock

Example:

Text: Ge' temalua'tu ula ligpete'gnapi?

Translation: Could you please break off an end of this ash splint?

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: de·ma·lu·aa·dohk

Alternate grammatical form:

temalua'tu — I break off the tail — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

temalua'tueg — We break off the tail — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Document reference:

Transcription: temaloato, racourcir (155,2)

Transliteration: temalua'tu, shorten (155,2)

Source as entry: temalua'tu, I shorten it

Normalized source as entry: temalua'toq, he/she shortens it

Public note: Reference (155, 2): Clark, page 155, column 2

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