mesep

See also: месеп

Ao

Alternative forms

  • mechep (Mongsen)

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *m-tshəp, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tsjup.

Pronunciation

  • (Chungli) IPA(key): /mɯ˥.sɯp˩/, [mə˥.sɯp˩]

Verb

mesep

  1. (Chungli) to suck
  2. (Chungli, with yi agi (by beer)) to be intoxicated, drunk
    • 1967, “1 Samuel 1:13”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:
      anungji la yi agi mesep ta Eli-i bilem
      thus, Eli thought she was drunk
  3. (Chungli) to kiss

Inflection

Inflection of mesep (Chungli)
Affirmative Negative
Past Simple mesep memesep
Perfect mesepogo memesepogo
Present Simple meseper memeseper
Progressive mesepdar
mesepdagi
memesepdar
memesepdagi
Future/infinitive meseptsü memeseptsü
Imperative mesepang temesep
Present participle mesepa memesepi
Conditional mesepra
meseprabang
memesepra
memeseprabang

Further reading

  • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 71
  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 59