ᴹQ. nahta- v. (ta-formative) “to slay” (Category: to Kill)

References ✧ PE22/93, 102, 104, 114-115

Glosses

• “slay” ✧ PE22/114

Variations

• nahta- ✧ PE22/102; PE22/114

Inflections

nahtanye	aorist 1st-sg	“I slay”	✧ PE22/93
nahtan	aorist with-1st-sg-object	“(somebody unspecified[?]) slays me, I am slain”	✧ PE22/93
nahtan	aorist with-1st-sg-object	“slays me = I am slain”	✧ PE22/93
nahtuva	future		✧ PE22/115
nahtaina	imperfect-passive-participle	“being killed”	✧ PE22/115
anahtalye	long-perfect	“has slain”	✧ PE22/104
nahtanelye	long-perfect	“has slain”	✧ PE22/104
nahtina	passive-participle		✧ PE22/114
nahante	past; half-strong-past		✧ PE22/115: analogical
nahtane	past		✧ PE22/102
naktane	past	“slew”	✧ PE22/115
nahtanelya	perfect-participle	“having slain”	✧ PE22/104

Element In

• ᴹQ. ni nahtanelya “I (am) having slain, I have slain” ✧ PE22/104
• ᴹQ. Orome nahtanelya “O[rome] has slain” ✧ PE22/104

Derivations

• < #ᴹ✶ndagta- ✧ PE22/115 (nda’ante)
  • < ᴹ√(N)DAK “slay” ✧ PE22/115 (NDAG); PE22/115 (NDAG)
• < ᴹ√(N)DAK “slay” ✧ PE22/102 (NDAG)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NDAG > nahta-

[ndagta-] > [ndakta-] > [nakta-] > [naxta-]

✧ PE22/102

ᴱQ. nahta- v. “to slay cruelly” (Category: to Kill)

Reference ✧ PE14/66 ✧ “slay cruelly”

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶ndagta- “to slay cruelly” ✧ PE14/66 (ndag+ta)
  • < ᴱ√DAGA “*slay” ✧ PE14/65 (dag-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶ndag+ta > nahta-

[ndagta-] > [ndakta-] > [ndaxta-] > [naxta-]

✧ PE14/66