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[ ʔoqʰ ]
Verb

English: be submerged, be under water, sink

German: sinken

Japanese: 沈んだしずんだ, 水中のすいちゅうの

Source: qep'a' 25

KLCP Level: 3

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Notes

(MO's qepHom 2018 Video Interview):  'oq is to "be submerged, be under water", and 'oqmoH is "make someone be submerged, push them down." If your boat sinks, you can say 'oq. But if it's a boat in your bathtub and you push it down, it's 'oqmoH.

SEE ALSO:
'ay    float (in/on water or other liquids) (v)
rIjHa'  be adrift (v) 

'al     float (in/on air) (v)
qaj     soar (v)
vIH     move, be in motion (v)

luS     be submerged, immersed in, surrounded by (v)
Dech    surround (v)

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