wela'latl : do something good for / to please

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she does something good for someone

Gloss: do something good for

Gloss: to please

Example:

Text: E'pite'ji'j wela'latl uggwitl.

Translation: The little girl pleases her mother.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: we·laa·la·dêl

Related entry: wela'lin

Alternate grammatical form:

wela'l'g — I please someone — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

wela'lul — I please you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

wela'lit — He/she pleases me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

Document reference:

Transcription: 3 oelaleg, faire du bien à qqun, rendre servier;

Expanded: 3 oelaleg, faire du bien à quelqu'qun, rendre servier;

Transliteration: wela'l'g, to do good to someone, to render service;

Source as entry: oelaleg, I do good to someone, I render service to someone

Normalized source as entry: wela'latl, he/she does something good for him/her/it

Public note: wela'l'g, I do something helpful to or for him/her/it

Transcription: v. oelaleg

Expanded: voir oelaleg

Transliteration: see wela'l'g

Source as entry: wela'l'g

Normalized source as entry: wela'latl

Public note: v. could also be for "verbe"; in English, verb

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