ᴹQ. men- v. (basic-verb) “to wish, mean, intend” (Category: to Will, Wish)

⚠️ᴹQ. men-, v. (basic-verb) “to wish, mean, intend” (Category: to Will, Wish)

Q. mína- “to desire to go in some direction, wish to go to a place, make for it; to have some end in view, *intend”

Q. men- “to go, proceed, move (generally); ⚠️to come, arrive”

References ✧ PE22/99, 103, 118, 127

Glosses

• “did ... mean” ✧ PE22/127 (menne)

Variations

• menne ✧ PE22/127

Related

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

Changes

• mene “mean, intend” >> tele “intend” ✧ PE22/99
• menite >> merite ✧ PE22/118
• menilte >> merilte ✧ PE22/118
• menilti >> merilti ✧ PE22/118
• mende >> merne ✧ PE22/118
• mene >> mere ✧ PE22/118
• mender >> merner ✧ PE22/118
• menuvar >> meruvar ✧ PE22/118

Inflections

mene	aorist	“mean, intend”	✧ PE22/99
mene	aorist	“wish”	✧ PE22/118
menir	aorist plural	“wish”	✧ PE22/118
menilti	aorist plural with-pl-object		✧ PE22/118
menilte	aorist plural with-sg-object	“wish him”	✧ PE22/118
menite	aorist with-sg-object	“wish him”	✧ PE22/118
menuvar	future plural	“will wish”	✧ PE22/118
mende	past	“wished”	✧ PE22/118
mene	past	“wish”	✧ PE22/118
menne	past		✧ PE22/103
mender	past plural	“wished”	✧ PE22/118

Element In

• ᴹQ. meneste “intention”
• ᴹQ. helalthi menne kare/helar menne karilthi “they did not mean to make them” ✧ PE22/127
• ᴹQ. me telir karilte “we mean to make it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me telir tule “we mean to come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni tele karite “I mean to make it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni tele tule “I intend to come” ✧ PE22/118

Derivations

• < ᴹ√MEN “go, proceed” ✧ PE22/103

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MEN > menne

[menne]

✧ PE22/103