Q. #mel- v. (basic-verb) “to love” (Category: to Love; Love)

Q. #mel-, v. (basic-verb) “to love” (Category: to Love; Love)

References ✧ VT49/15, 21

Related

• #nil- “to love, *have special concern/care/interest for” vs #mel- “to love”

Inflections

melin	aorist 1st-sg	“I love”	✧ VT49/15
melinyes	aorist 1st-sg with-sg-object	“I love him”	✧ VT49/15
melitte	aorist 3rd-pl-reflexive	“they loves themselves”	✧ VT49/21
melisse	aorist 3rd-sg-reflexive	“he loves himself”	✧ VT49/21

Element In

• ᴺQ. !melinólë “philosophy”
• ᴺQ. !mellaman “pet, (lit.) love-animal”
• Q. mélamar “(emotional) home”
• Q. melima “loving, very affectionate”
• Q. melin sé apa lanyë hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
• Q. melinyes apa la hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15

Derivations

• < ✶melā- “to love”
  • < √MEL “love”

ᴹQ. mel- v. (basic-verb) “to love (as friend)” (Category: to Love; Love)

References ✧ Ety/MEL; LR/61; PE23/84, 98

Glosses

• “love (as friend)” ✧ Ety/MEL

Variations

• mel- ✧ Ety/MEL

Inflections

melir	aorist plural	“love”	✧ PE23/98
melita	aorist with-3rd-sg-neuter-object		✧ PE23/84
melithu	aorist with-dual-object	“love them”	✧ PE23/84
melither	aorist with-pl-object		✧ PE23/84
melizin	aorist with-pl-object		✧ PE23/84
méla	present	“love”	✧ LR/61
meláne	present 1st-sg	“I love”	✧ LR/61

Element In

• ᴹQ. melima “loveable, fair” ✧ Ety/MEL
• ᴹQ. melindo “lover (m.)” ✧ Ety/MEL
• ᴹQ. melisse “lover (f.)” ✧ Ety/MEL
• ᴹQ. melme “love”
• ᴹQ. atarinya tye-meláne “my father, I love thee” ✧ LR/61
• ᴹQ. a yonya inye tye-méla “and I too, my son, I love thee” ✧ LR/61
• ᴹQ. huanin melir atani “dogs love men” ✧ PE23/98
• ᴹQ. ontarunya - nimelithu “my parents - I love them” ✧ PE23/84

Derivations

• < ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ Ety/MEL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MEL > mel-

[mel-]

✧ Ety/MEL

ᴱQ. mel- v. “to love” (Category: to Love; Love)

References ✧ PE14/57; QL/60

Glosses

• “to love” ✧ QL/60

Variations

• mel- ✧ QL/60

Inflections

mēle	past		✧ QL/60
méliel	past plural	“loved”	✧ PE14/57
mélielko	past reflexive plural	“loved themselves”	✧ PE14/57

Element In

• ᴱQ. melie “*love, loving”
• ᴱQ. (tu·)méliel ielko “they loved themselves” ✧ PE14/57
• ᴱQ. (tu·)mélielko “they loved themselves” ✧ PE14/57

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MELE “love” ✧ QL/60

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MELE > mel-

[mel-]

✧ QL/60