wesamla'muatl : overload (someone's) plate

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she overloads his/her plate

Gloss: overload (someone's) plate

Text: Mut ugsamla'muiw, muta ma' npaw ulo'nug.

Translation: Don't give (serve) me too much food, because I won't be able to sleep tonight.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: we·sam·laa·mu·a·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

wesamla'maq — I overload his/her plate — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

wesamla'mul — I overload your plate — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

wesamla'muit — He/she overloads my plate — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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