tugtesguatl : awaken abruptly / wake suddenly (by sudden movement) / wake suddenly (by making loud noise)

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she awakens someone abruptly

Gloss: awaken abruptly

Gloss: wake suddenly (by sudden movement)

Gloss: wake suddenly (by making loud noise)

Example:

Text: Wen gistugtesguatl na mijua'ji'jl?

Translation: Who made that (abrupt) noise that woke up the baby?

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: duk·tes·ku·a·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

tugtesgaq — I awaken someone abruptly — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

tugtesgul — I awaken you abruptly — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

tugtesguit — He/she awakens me abruptly — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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