tugweiwatl : causes disturbed sleep / awaken repeatedly so can't sleep well / wake up gently

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate transitive
Translation: He/she causes disturbed sleep
Gloss: causes disturbed sleep
Gloss: awaken repeatedly so can't sleep well
Gloss: wake up gently
Example:
Text: Newtitpa'q tugweiwatl muta no'q'g.
Translation: He/she kept waking him/her up because he/she was coughing.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: du·gwey·wa·dêl
Alternate grammatical form:
tugweiaq — I wake him/her up — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)
tugweiwul — I wake you up — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)
tugweiwit — He/she wakes me up — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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