etlta'tl / etl'ta'tl : beat / strike / hit

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate transitive

Translation: He/she is beating him/her

Gloss: beat

Gloss: strike

Gloss: hit

Example:

Text: Tal gis etlta'tl na miti'sl? / Tal kis etl'ta'tl na miti'sl?

Translation: Why is he/she hitting that tree?

Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Pronunciation guide: e·dêll·daa·dêl

Alternate grammatical form:

etlte'g / etl'te'k — I am hitting him/her/it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular animate object)

etlto'l / etl'to'l — I am hitting you — (first person singular animate subject, second person singular animate object)

etlte'lit / etl'te'lit — He/she/it is hitting me — (third person singular animate subject, first person singular animate object)

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