aptlama'toq
Pronunciation guide: ap·tê·la·maa·dohk
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she smothers it
Meanings:
-
smother (fire)
-
block off air from
Example of word used in sentence:
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Epsaqtejgl gepsoqta'teg, na aptlama'toq pugtew.
When he/she closed the draft on the stove, it smothered the fire.
Alternate forms:
aptlama'tu, I smother it (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
aptlama'tueg, We smother it (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)