aps'te'g / aps'te'k : chop small

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive

Translation: He/she chops to make smaller

Gloss: chop small

Example:

Text: Aps'te'g llutaqanatgw. / Aps'te'k llutaqanatkw.

Translation: He/she cuts down the size of the fence post.

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: ap·sê·deek

Alternate grammatical form:

aps'te'm / aps'te'm — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

I chop it to make it smaller

aps'te'meg / aps'te'mek — We chop it to make it smaller — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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