S. #ava- v. “will not, do not” (Category: to Refuse)

S. #ava-, v. “will not, do not” (Category: to Refuse)

References ✧ PE17/143; WJ/371-372

Variations

• *ava- ✧ WJ/372

Related

• *ava- had no other parts of the verb [other than imperative and 1st-sg/1st-pl present] survive in use except the [gerundial] noun avad “refusal, reluctance” ✧ WJ/372

Inflections

avo	imperative		✧ PE17/143: adverbial negative with verbs in imperative
avo	imperative	“don’t”	✧ WJ/371
avam	present 1st-pl-exclusive	“we won’t”	✧ PE17/143
avam	present 1st-pl-exclusive	“We won’t”	✧ WJ/371
avon	present 1st-sg	“I won’t”	✧ PE17/143; WJ/371

Elements

✶aba-	“refuse, forbid”	✧ WJ/372
✶ā	“imperative”	✧ WJ/372

Element In

• S. †Avar “Refuser”
• S. avad “refusal, reluctance” ✧ WJ/372
• S. avgaro “don’t do it” ✧ WJ/371
• S. avo garo “don’t do it” ✧ WJ/371

Cognates

• Q. áva “don’t, negative imperative” ✧ PE17/143 (avá); WJ/371; WJ/371 (ávan); WJ/371 (avamme)
• Q. ava-¹ “to refuse, forbid”
• Q. vá “will not, do not, shall not” ✧ PE17/143 (ván); PE17/143 (vamme)
• T. abá “don’t” ✧ WJ/371
• T. #aba-¹ “to refuse, will not” ✧ WJ/371 (aban)

Derivations

• < ✶aba- “refuse, forbid” ✧ WJ/372
  • < √BĀ/ABA “refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial)” ✧ PE22/163 (ABA); WJ/370 (ABA)
• < √BĀ/ABA “refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial)” ✧ PE17/143 (ABA)

Phonetic Developments

✶aba- > *ava-

[aba-] > [ava-]

✧ WJ/372