temt'g : bite off / bite off a piece

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she bites it off
Gloss: bite off
Gloss: bite off a piece
Example:
Text: Mussew temt'g aq etug newtisg'g soqt'g!
Translation: He/she bites off a piece and must have chewed it all day!
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: dem·têk
Alternate grammatical form:
temtm — I bite it off — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
temtmeg — We bite it off — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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