mati mati postverb, singular
3sg mase
resultative postverb (affect ‹s.o.›) to death, hence kill ‹s.o.› by doing V
Ike peon not mati noke. You will kill me.
mët met
POc *mate die, dead
B intransitive verb, singular
sg/dual sbj die
plural equiv. qēt die in numbers
C postverb, singular
resultative (do V) to death
Gram With verbs meaning ‘kill ‹s.o.›’, the resultative postverb takes the transitive form mati . This corresponds to the combination of mët with the particle -i ③ of differential object marking (DOM).
mesor̄ məsɔᶢʟ noun
mesō məso adjective, singular
POc *matuqa ripe, old
meyēt məjɪt adjective, singular
PTB °malate be broken
mitir̄ mitiᶢʟ intransitive verb, singular
POc *matiruR sleep
Redup mitmitir̄
sg/dual sbj sleep, be asleep
moner̄ög mɔnəᶢʟɵɣ intransitive verb, plural
plural sbj lie, be lying in numbers
motr̄ig mɔtᶢʟiɣ intransitive verb, plural
< °matirur-i POc *matiruR sleep
Redup motmotr̄ig
plural sbj sleep in numbers
möwe mɵwə transitive verb, plural
plural obj pick up ‹several things›, collect, gather
mōr̄ōt moᶢʟot adjective, plural
plural sbj broken, shattered
myë mje adjective
POc *meRaq
red
ne gevige myë red Malay apple
ne teqay myë [lit. ‘red loche’] Yellow-edged Lyretail