Contionary:drob

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Daùnare

Pronunciation

(Daùnare) IPA: /drob/

Verb

drob

  1. (intransitive, primary voice) to be threatened (with an outcome)
    Tromnu drobosat.
    There was a threat of death.
  2. (intransitive, middle voice) to be in a state of conflict with one another
    Disnan fas disnini druborita.
    The man and the woman are in conflict.
  3. (transitive, primary voice) to threaten an outcome
    Disnas tromnu droboti.
    The man will make threats of death.
  4. (ditransitive, primary voice) to threaten someone (dative) with an outcome (absolutive)
    Disnas disnimi tromnu drobotsa.
    The man is threatening the woman with death.
  5. (ditransitive, primary voice) to threaten an outcome (absolutive) using an instrument (ablative)
    Disnas skiȧntel tromnu drobotasat.
    The man was making threats of death with a knife.
  6. (tritransitive, primary voice) to threaten someone (dative) with an outcome (absolutive) using an instrument (ablative)
    (Ko) disnimi skiȧntel tromnu drobogita.
    I will threaten the woman with death using a knife.


Inflection

Conjugation of drob (defective epenthetic o-class)

Usage notes

The applicative form of this verb, dodrob, promotes the dative object (the person threatened) to direct object.