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maltews'g / mal'tews'k : cause to bleed by cutting

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she causes blood to flow by cutting it
Gloss: cause to bleed by cutting
Example:
Text: Gismaltews'g ugtluign. / Kis mal'tews'k uktluikn.
Translation: He/she just cut his/her finger causing it to bleed.
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: mall·dew·sêk
Alternate grammatical form:
maltewsm / mal'tewsm — I cause it to bleed by cutting — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
maltewsmeg / mal'tewsmek — We cause it to bleed by cutting — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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