Contionary:tug

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Daùnare

Pronunciation

(Daùnare) IPA: /tug/

Verb

tug

  1. (intransitive, primary voice) there is – non-volitional existential verb
    Harnu tugut.
    There is a way.
  2. (intransitive, middle voice) there is – volitional existential verb
    Distan tegut.
    There is a man.
  3. (transitive, primary voice) bring
    Disnas kunen tugut.
    The man brings a dog.
  4. (transitive, middle voice) get, receive – with (optional) ablative object to indicate donor
    Disni kunen tegutasat.
    The woman was getting a dog.
    Disni kunen disnal tegut.
    The woman gets a dog from the man.
  5. (ditransitive, primary voice) give – with dative object
    Kunen disnimi tugubo.
    I gave the woman a dog.
  6. (ditransitive, primary voice) take – with ablative object
    Sas kunene plastē tugusata.
    He used to take children's dogs.
  7. (tritransitive, primary voice) give & take – from one to another
    Kunen disnimi plastel tugumi.
    The two of us will give the woman the dog taken from the child.

Usage notes

For an in-depth discussion of this verb, see Daùnare § The verb tug.

Inflection

Conjugation of tug (defective epenthetic u-class)

Derived terms

Niemish

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tugiz.

Noun

¹ túg n.m. mixed stem

  1. tug, act of pulling

Declension

declension of túg (mm declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative túg tógan túgs túgias
genitive túgs túges túge túgse
dative tóg tógum túgią túgę

Derived terms