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lgowaqana'toq / l'kowaqana'toq : bother / trouble

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she bothers it
Gloss: bother
Gloss: trouble
Example:
Text: Mu wellugwenug nutepaqan ge's lgowaqana'tu. / Mu wellukwenuk nutepaqan ke's l'kowaqana'tu.
Translation: My vehicle is not working as well since I began bothering it.
Recording: Joe Wilmot
Pronunciation guide: êll·go·wa·hga·naa·dohk
Alternate grammatical form:
lgowaqana'tu / l'kowaqana'tu — I bother it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
lgowaqana'tueg / l'kowaqana'tuek — We bother it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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