Q. au² adv. “if only” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

Q. au², adv. “if only” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ PE22/139-140

Glosses

• “if only” ✧ PE22/140; PE22/139 (au)

Element In

• Q. au kestanellen! “if only you had asked me!” ✧ PE22/139
• Q. au túlielde (las)! “if only you had come (were here)” ✧ PE22/140
• Q. au tuluvanye “I wish/would I were coming” ✧ PE22/139

Derivations

• < ✶(au)be “not so” ✧ PE22/139 (au)

Phonetic Developments

✶au > au

[au-]

✧ PE22/139

ᴹQ. au(ve) adv. “might (have), would (have)” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ PE22/120-121

Glosses

• “if” ✧ PE22/121 (auve)
• “might” ✧ PE22/121 (au)
• “might (have), would (have)” ✧ PE22/120 (auve)

Variations

• auve ✧ PE22/120; PE22/121
• au ✧ PE22/120; PE22/121

Element In

• ᴹQ. auve e·kestanen, au ni·túlie “if he had asked me, I might have come” ✧ PE22/121
• ᴹQ. auve e·kestanen (ela!) “would he have asked me!” ✧ PE22/121