temte'g : chop in two / chop off

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she chops it in two
Gloss: chop in two
Gloss: chop off
Example:
Text: Suel ugtluign temte'g ge's alapij.
Translation: He/she almost chopped his/her finger off because he/she was looking around.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: dem·teeg
Alternate grammatical form:
temte'm — I chop it in two — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
temte'meg — We chop it in two — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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