welgwijimatl : put in good humor / encouraging

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she puts him/her in a good humor

Gloss: put in good humor

Gloss: encouraging

Example:

Text: Nujigina'muet welgwijimatl e'pite'ji'jl.

Translation: The teacher talked the little girl to be in a better humor.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: wel·kwi·ji·ma·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

welgwijimg — I said something to put him/her in a good humor — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

welgwijimul — I said something to put you in a good humor — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

welgwijimit — He/she says something to put me in a good humor — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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