laméeṭi tail

Part of Speech n.fem
Vernacular Form لمیٹیۡ
Phonetic Form laméeʈi
Inflection Class m-decl (Pl): -m
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form *lān̆guṭṭa- 'tail (neut)' (T: 11009) ; lūma- 'tail (neut)' (T: 11096)
    • tail
      • Example 1141:
        kučúrii laméeṭi katí bi naṛí wée díti ta eeseé kúuli.
        kučúru
        dog
        -ii
        -gen
        laméeṭi
        tail
        katí
        many
        bi
        SEP
        naṛ
        stream
        -í
        -obl
        wée
        into
        dit
        put.pfv
        -i
        -f
        ta
        DS
        eesé
        3FSG.REM.nom
        =eé
        AMPL
        kúul
        bent
        -i
        -f
        No matter how many times you put a dog's tail into the stream, it remains crooked. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:088
      • Example 1219:
        maačís gaḍí tasíi laméeṭi angóor ṣaawóolu ta so uḍheewílu.
        maačís
        matches
        gaḍé
        pull.out
        -í
        -CV
        tasíi
        3sg.gen
        laméeṭi
        tail
        angáar
        fire
        ṣaawá
        put.on
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        ta
        DS
        so
        3MSG.nom
        uḍhéew
        flee
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        He took out matches, put fire to it's [the monkey's] tail, and it fled.
        Source: A:HUB009

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