G. bess n. “wife” (Category: Wife)

References ✧ GG/9, 15; GL/22

Glosses

• “wife” ✧ GG/15; GL/22

Variations

• bess ✧ GG/9; GG/15; GL/22

Inflections

bessin	plural	“wives”	✧ GG/15
i·vess	soft-mutation; b-mutation	“the wife”	✧ GG/9

Element In

• G. bessin moron “good wives” ✧ GG/15
• G. bess mora “a good wife” ✧ GG/15

Cognates

• ᴱQ. †veri “wife”

Derivations

• < *ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ GL/22 (Beđ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√Beđ > bess

[βeðs] > [beðs] > [bess]

✧ GL/22