we'ji'wet : give birth / bear child (said of woman when she bears child)

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: She gives birth
Gloss: give birth
Gloss: bear child (said of woman when she bears child)
Example:
Text: Nuji'j we'ji'wet ulagu.
Translation: My grandchild bore a child yesterday.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: wee·jii·wet
Alternate grammatical form:
we'ji'wei — I bear a child — (first person singular animate)
we'ji'weieg — we bear a child or children — (first person dual exclusive animate)
we'ji'wa'utieg — we bear children — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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