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muteg
/mutɔg/
v_rt.
“mutter”
 
vi.
for someone (egmuteg-muteg, migmuteg-muteg/immuteg-muteg, agent, eg><ø-rdpRT-) to say something (egmutmutehen, immuteg-muteg/migmuteg-muteg/pigmuteg-muteg, theme, eg><en-rdpCVC-) quietly that others can just hear but cannot understand
Wrd.Gloss: mutter
Nekey buwa ka egmutmutehen din te nakakeen man-e perem sikandin.
What he is muttering about he is done eating already.
Migmuteg-muteg si Bura gabii su nakataheinep sikandin te mareet.
Bura mumble last night because he had a bad dream.
cf. naas —whisper
Eng. mutter; mumble; speak softly; softly speak; quietly speak
DDP: Quiet (2.3.2.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: JLM,RJH,TME,QDL,RAA
Last updated: 10/Oct/2017