ᴹQ. mer- v. (basic-verb) “to wish, desire, want” (Category: to Desire)

References ✧ Ety/MER; PE22/99, 102-103, 118

Glosses

• “wish, want” ✧ PE22/99

Variations

• mer ✧ PE22/99

Related

• men- “to wish, mean, intend” was for the sense “wish” replaced by mer- “to wish, desire, want”

Inflections

mere	aorist	“wish, desire, want”	✧ Ety/MER
mere	aorist	“wish for, desire”	✧ PE22/102
mere	aorist	“wish”	✧ PE22/118
merilti	aorist plural with-pl-object		✧ PE22/118
merilte	aorist plural with-sg-object	“wish him”	✧ PE22/118
merite	aorist with-sg-object	“wish him”	✧ PE22/118
meruvar	future plural	“will wish”	✧ PE22/118
mende	past		✧ PE22/102
merne	past		✧ Ety/MER
merne	past	“wish for, want”	✧ PE22/103
merne	past	“wished”	✧ PE22/118
merner	past plural	“wished”	✧ PE22/118
emérie	perfect		✧ PE22/103

Element In

• ᴹQ. e·merne ataretta tule “he wished his father to come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. he·meruvar i Túro kárathe “they will wish that T. is (then) making it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. le·merne i ni·karnéte “you wished that I had made (lit. made) it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merilte karithe “we wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merilte tule “we wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merilti karilthi “we wish them to make them (other things)” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro kárathe “we wished that Turo was making it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro tule “we wished that Turo come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·karithe “I wish him to do it/that he do(es) it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·tule “I wish him to come/that he come(s)” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·merite karithe “I wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·merite tule “I wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118

Derivations

• < ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire” ✧ Ety/MER; PE22/102 (MED); PE22/103

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MER > mere	[mer-]	✧ Ety/MER
ᴹ√MED > mere	[med-] > [með-] > [mer-]	✧ PE22/102
ᴹ√MER > merne	[mer-]	✧ PE22/103