temgwa'latl : break off the head slowly by hand / break off the top

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she breaks off the head by hand
Gloss: break off the head slowly by hand
Gloss: break off the top
Example:
Text: Geget nugu' temgwa'latl na pu'tail, tewjigtu'samqwat.
Translation: He/she has just about taken the head of that bottle off, he/she wants to drink so bad.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: dem·kwaa·la·dêl
Alternate grammatical form:
temgwa'l'g — I break off his/her/its head by hand — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

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