temisguna’toq : cut the bud or sprout / break off bud or sprout

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she cuts/breaks off the bud or sprout

Gloss: cut the bud or sprout

Gloss: break off bud or sprout

Example:

Text: Temisguna'toql weljema'jgewe'l.

Translation: He/she breaks off the sweetgrass sprouts.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: de·mis·gu·naa·dohk

Alternate grammatical form:

temisguna'tu — I cut/break off the bud or sprout — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

temisguna'tueg — we cut/break off the bud or sprout — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

Document reference:

Transcription: temisgonato, couper les boutons, les germes.

Transliteration: temisquna’tu, cut the buds, sprouts.

Source as entry: temisquna’tu, I cut the bud, sprout

Normalized source as entry: temisquna’toq, he/she cuts the bud or sprout

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