Q. winga hlápula “the foam blowing”
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The eleventh line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is winga “foam” followed by the active-participle (“-ing”) of the verb hlapu- “to blow”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
winga hlápu-la = “*foam blow-ing”
Reference ✧ MC/222 ✧ “the foam blowing”
Elements
| vingë | “foam, spindrift, spray” | ✧ MC/222 (winga) | |
| hlapu- | “to blow, fly or stream in the wind” | active-participle | ✧ MC/222 (hlápula) |
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ᴱQ. falma pustane “the foam blowing”
The tenth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is falma “foam”, followed by the “bare stem” infinitive of the verb pusta- “to blow” as suggested by Gilson, Welden, and Hostetter (PE16/84, notes on line #10 and #11), apparently functioning as either an active-participle or a verbal object.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
falma pusta-ne = “*foam blow-ing”
Reference ✧ MC/213 ✧ “the foam blowing”
Elements
| falma | “foam, wave” | ✧ MC/213 | |
| #pusta- | “to blow” | active-participle | ✧ MC/213 (pustane) |
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