Q. isilmë pícalassë “in the moon waning”
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The eighteenth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is isilmë “moonlight” followed by the active-participle (“-ing”) of the verb pic- or píca- “to wane” with the locative suffix -ssë¹ (“in”), which modifies the entire phrase, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL/Markirya).
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
isilmë píca-la-ssë = “*moonlight wan-ing-in”
Reference ✧ MC/222 ✧ isilme píkalasse “in the moon waning”
Elements
| isilmë | “moonlight” | ✧ MC/222 | |
| #pic- | “to lessen, dwindle, wane” | active-participle locative | ✧ MC/222 (píkalasse) |
Element In
ᴱQ. minga-ránar “in the moon waning”
The seventeenth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is the adjective minga “waning” followed by an inflected form ránar of Rána “Moon”. Gilson, Welden, and Hostetter suggest it might be an idiomatic use of the dative (PE16/85), but I think it might be a variant form of the locative: the r-locative.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
minga-rána-r = “*waning-moon-in”
Reference ✧ MC/213 ✧ “in the moon waning”
Elements
| minga | “waning” | ✧ MC/213 | |
| Rána | “Moon” | locative | ✧ MC/213 (ránar) |
Element In