wetmeiwatl : keep busy / use occasionally as needed / disturb

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she keeps him/her busy

Gloss: keep busy

Gloss: use occasionally as needed

Gloss: disturb

Text: Wetmeiaqap nuji'j ulagu.

Translation: I kept my grandchild busy yesterday.

Recording: Eunice Metallic

Pronunciation guide: we·dê·mey·wa·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

wetmeiaq — I keep him/her busy — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

wetmeiul — I keep you busy — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

wetmeiwit — He/she keeps me busy — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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