tempatl : bite off

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she bites...off
Gloss: bite off
Example:
Text: Lpa'tu'ji'j tempatl pgu'l aq newte' mussew masqwa'toq.
Translation: The little boy bites a piece off the gum and saves one piece.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: dem·pa·dêl
Alternate grammatical form:
temp'g — I bite...off — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

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