melyeṃ

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Meaning:	“to crush, squeeze”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	malyw-
Lexeme variants:	melyeṃ
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	melyan-ne	melyiyeṃ-ne, melyeṃ		melyätär

Lexeme family

• mely-
  • mely- “to crush, squeeze” gv
    • mely- “to crush, squeeze” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	melyan-ne	melyiyeṃ-ne, melyeṃ	melyätär

    • mely- “to crush, squeeze” gv.subj2
      • melyatsi “to crush, squeeze” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	melyatsi
        acc	melyatsi

Occurrences

melyeṃ

1	PK AS 1A a1	• ktsaitsäññe srūkalyñe ṣpä	melyeṃ	40-1 a2 tasmā(t) s(a)d(ā)
2	THT 123 a1	a1 yase kwīpe māka	melyeṃ	o /// /// (ca)meltsa