| me |
emphatic particle used with commands |
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ex.  a  n
me — "eat!" |
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ex. upunit
me — "get it for me!" |
| meleqpey |
to inherit; from mal–
"of birth" + eqpey "to stick to" |
| mekeken |
to stretch, measure; from
=keken "to stretch, spread" + some prefix? |
| melewen |
to be level (said of ground, etc.) |
| umelewen |
|
to level s. off with the hand; from
u–
"by hand" + melewen |
| melpeqewa |
last-born child; from mal–
"of birth" + peqe(n)
"to end" + -wa
"past tense" |
| melple |
to get no share of inheritance; mal–
+ ple
"to perish" |
| =memen |
bound root re touching |
| qilmemen |
to shade eyes with hand when looking into
glare or distance; from qil– "of
vision" + =memen |
| telmemen |
to touch; from tal–
"with the hand" + =memen |
| meq |
yucca |
| mes |
to cross, go across |
| |
idiom: smes ha yuxpa 
— "the disease is spreading," lit. the disease is crossing" |
| mesli |
|
to cross over to; from mes
+ –li "to/toward" |
| |
|
ex. nosmesli hi
miuma
— "he will cross over to Santa Cruz Island" |
| mesmu |
|
bridge; from mes
+ –mu
"instrument" |
| elemes |
|
across (from), on the other side (of); from
al–
/ala–
+ mes |
| |
|
ex. elemes
ha sxamin
— "across the ocean" — i.e. on the islands |
| ikumes |
|
to dam a stream; from iku–
"uncertain meaning" + mes |
| ikumee |
|
 |
dam; ikumes +
-V
"result of doing" |
| kilemes |
|
to be horizontal, go across horizontally;
from kila– "uncertain meaning"
+ mes |
| kilimes |
|
to come over and attack; from kili–
"rapidly" + mes |
| kupemes |
|
to jump over s. (while running); from kupal–
"uncertain meaning" + mes |
| maqsumes |
|
to cross on a line (e.g. a spider crossing
its web); maq/x– "of a line"+ su–
"causative" + mes |
| maxulumes |
|
to cross over, go across (said of a line,
rope); from maxulu– "of a line, rope"
+ mes |
| pimes |
|
to jump across, dart across, go across through
the air; from pil– /pili– "through
the air" + mes |
| qelemes |
|
to be webbed, grown together, like a frog's
foot or Siamese twins; from qal– "of
tying, wrapping" + mes |
| suxstimes |
|
to throw s. over to, across to; from -uqti–
/uxti– "of
throwing" + mes |
| times |
|
to tie or fasten shut, i.e. fasten across
lid or doorway; — from ti– "of fastening"
+ mes |
| ulumes |
|
to wade across, go across through water; from
ili– /ulu– "of water"
+ mes |
| xelmes |
|
to jump across, leap across; from xal–
"through the air" + mes |
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|
ma sxelmesmu
ha l
— placename: "the antelope's jumping across
place" |
| me |
small sack, bag |
| mexkeken |
to stretch, measure, spread;
max– "of line, cord, cloth"
+ keken "to spread" |
| sumexkeken |
to spread s. open; su–
"causative" + maq/x– + =keken |
| mexmey |
reed |
| mexwe
~ mexwe |
to grind, whet; to wear down;
to be bothersome |
| mexwe |
|
metate, grinding stone; from
mexwe
+ -V
+ "instrument" |
| mexwemu |
|
mortar; from mexwe
+ –mu
"instrument" |
| meymey |
to be soft, smooth |
| sumeymey |
|
to soften, smooth, make
soft or smooth; from su–
"causative" + meymey |
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