mer-

verb. to wish, desire, want

Derivations

• ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire” ✧ Ety/MER; PE22/102; PE22/103

Element in

• ᴹQ. e·merne ataretta tule “he wished his father to come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. he·meruvar i Túro kárathe “they will wish that T. is (then) making it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. le·merne i ni·karnéte “you wished that I had made (lit. made) it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merilte karithe “we wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merilte tule “we wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merilti karilthi “we wish them to make them (other things)” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro kárathe “we wished that Turo was making it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro tule “we wished that Turo come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·karithe “I wish him to do it/that he do(es) it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·tule “I wish him to come/that he come(s)” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·merite karithe “I wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·merite tule “I wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MER > mere	[mer-]	✧ Ety/MER
ᴹ√MED > mere	[med-] > [með-] > [mer-]	✧ PE22/102
ᴹ√MER > merne	[mer-]	✧ PE22/103

Variations

• mer ✧ PE22/099