pedo mellon a minno

speak, friend, and enter; (alternately) say ‘friend’ and enter

Element in

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Elements

Word	Gloss
ped-	“to say, speak”
mellon	“friend”
a	“and; †by, near, beside”
minna-	“to go in, enter”

Variations

• Pedo mellon a minno ✧ PE17/040

pedo

verb. speak! say!

ped-

verb. to speak, to say

ped

speak

ped- (i **bêd**, i phedir) (say), pa.t. pent (attested in mutated form -phent); the imperative pedo is also attested.: No word simply meaning “spear” is attested, but cf. the following:

ped

speak

(i bêd, i phedir) (say), pa.t. pent (attested in mutated form -phent); the imperative pedo is also attested.