Q. #sangië n. “necessity, *pressing need or concern” (Category: Need, Necessity)
A word for “necessity” in the Ortírielyanna prayer from the 1950s, appearing only in its possessed locative plural form sangiessemman “in our necessities” (VT44/5). The editors suggested its original meaning might be “a pressing need or concern”, as a derivative of the root √THAG “press” (VT44/8).
References ✧ VT44/8
Inflections
| sangiessemman | 1st-pl-exclusive-poss locative plural; possessive-second | “*in our necessities” | ✧ VT44/8 |
Elements
| sanga | “throng, press, pressure” |
| -ië¹ | “abstract noun, adverb” |
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