amàlsi
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Etymology
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Verb
amàlsi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))
Usage notes
- This verb is not used in the literal English sense of "to touch" or "to feel," only as a way to convey the way someone is feeling figuratively, as in emotions or a certain sensation, whether emotional or physical.
- This verb is highly productive in producing adjectival verbs.
Conjugation
| amàlsi | |
|---|---|
| 1st person singular | namàlsi |
| 2nd person singular | kamàlsi |
| 3rd person singular | amàlsu |
| 1st person plural inclusive | namàlsihëna |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kamàlsihëna |
| 2nd person plural | kamàlsihëmo |
| 3rd person plural | amàlsuwàk |
Derived terms
- ahowamàlsi (“to feel agony”)
- amatamàlsi (“to feel touchy (emotionally)”)
- aptamàlsi (“to suffer to death”)
- chipamàlsi (“to feel strange”)
- ilamàlsi (“to feel brave”)
- kwëtamàlsi (“to know how it feels”)
- kështeomàlsi (“to feel hot”)
- liamàlsi (“to feel relieved”)
- mahchamàlsi (“to feel ill, literally to feel bad”)
- nulhàntëwamàlsi (“to feel lazy”)
- nùktihëleamàlsi (“to feel faint”)
- palsuwamàlsi (“to feel sick”)
- pilhamàlsi (“to feel clean”)
- sakomàlsi (“to feel uncomfortable”)
- sinkòmàlsi (“to feel lonely”)
- tahchihëleamàlsi (“to feel congested”)
- ulhatenamàlsi (“to feel in a good state of mind”)
- winamàlsi (“to feel pain”)
- wisahkamàlsi (“to feel extreme pain”)
- wëlamàlsi (“to feel well, to recover”)
- wëskamàlsi (“to feel young”)
- xahomàlsi (“to feel slightly ill, to feel funny, odd, or off”)
- xahumàlsi (“to feel apprehensive”)
- àntamàlsi (“to feel worse; to succumb further to illness”)
- ëlamàlsi (“to feel a certain way”)
- òwùlamàlsi (“to feel alright”)