temisqona'toq : break off at nose end

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she breaks it off at the nose end
Gloss: break off at nose end
Example:
Text: Suel temisqona'toq ugtul nasto'gweteg guntewigtug.
Translation: He/she nearly broke the nose off his/her boat when he/she caught it in the rocks.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: de·mis·hko·naa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
temisqona'tu — I break it off at the nose end — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
temisqona'tueg — we break it off at the nose end — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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