tmi'gnte'g / tmi'kn'te'k : strike with axe

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she strikes it with an axe
Gloss: strike with axe
Example:
Text: Wen gistmi'gnte'g npatawtim?
Translation: Who used an axe on my table?
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: dê·mii·gên·deeg
Alternate grammatical form:
tmi'gnte'm — I strike it with an axe — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
tmi'gnte'meg — We strike it with an axe — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
Document reference:
Transcription: temtēm, couper (racine de temigen: igen, instrument aign, sert aussi pour exprimer machim (vocab. p. 19) - temigentim, couper avec la hache (Pi. lut.) ( v. note 152) temtepen, abu stene? *discussed but not resovled
Transliteration: Temte’m, cut (root of tmi’gn: i'gn, instrument aign, also used to express Machim (vocabulary p. 19) tmi'gnte’m, cut with an axe, (see note 152) Temtepn, abu steri??
Source as entry: temte'm, cut by striking wood
Transcription: temigentem, couper avec la hâche
Transliteration: tmi'gnte’m, chop with the axe

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