lemsa
Ao
Etymology
From alem (“to divide”) + -sa (“to spread”)
Verb
lemsa
- (Chungli, Mongsen) to distribute, share
Inflection
| Affirmative | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Past | Simple | lemsa | melemsa |
| Perfect | lemsaogo | melemsaogo | |
| Present | Simple | lemsar | melemsar |
| Progressive | lemsadar lemsadagi |
melemsadar melemsadagi | |
| Future/infinitive | lemsatsü | melemsatsü | |
| Imperative | lemsang | telemsa | |
| Present participle | lemsa-a | melemsai | |
| Conditional | lemsara lemsarabang |
melemsara melemsarabang | |
Further reading
- * Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 99
- A. R. Coupe (2007), A grammar of Mongsen Ao, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 500