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Re: "wamwI' ": stumble

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

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• Subject: Re: "wamwI' ": stumble
• Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:42:01 EST

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In a message dated 2005-01-17 11:04:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> I still haven't heard from anyone...qetHa'   a comb of qet (run, jog) and 
> -Ha' (undo) used if something is done wrongly...for someone/something to 
> "misrun" 
> as a description of "stumble"...that is to say, misstep while running 
> without 
> falling down. Does this work ? Is there a better way to say it?
> 
> juDmoS
> 

Here's my second answer:
Another way to say "stumble" is say "almost fall": {tlhoS pum}, remembering 
that {tlhoS} ("almost, nearly, virtually, not quite") is an adverbial that 
comes at the beginning of its clause.  Synonyms for {pum} "fall" include {ghIr} 
"descend", {chagh} "drop", {joD} "stoop", {Dej} "collapse", {Sab} "deteriorate, 
decline".  
The only problem with {qetHa'} is that it has no established or obvious 
meaning.  If you want it to mean "stumble", go for it.

stevo

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