wesawa'toq : put on to boil / put on to cook

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she puts it on to boil or cook
Gloss: put on to boil
Gloss: put on to cook
Example:
Text: Wesawa'toq samqwan gesgmnaq peltegewei egwijegegw.
Translation: He/she puts the water on to boil before he/she puts in the porridge.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: we·sa·waa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
wesawa'tu — I put it on to boil or cook — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
wesawa'tueg — We put it on to boil or cook — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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