seppe

[verb, auxiliary]

Seppe is an auxiliary only verb ‘fail to V’. Some less transparent constructions are da-seppe=S ‘S avoid, shun, fail to go’ (AVOIDED=du) and se-seppe=S ‘S misspeak’.

Seppe is derived from sede plus the particle pe ‘from’.

Examples

[#30] Kuno seppetodabena, deyetoda.

[#9] Lono wososu gadagaba geline no-sedelale, dape-seppeboce kidi se-dullowa doŋisu.

[#26] Mede kugi kennitodama, data deye seppetodanu.

[#61] Mede wodupe wodudu tannatanna datoda Nuwuda, nolo seppetomo yegi wodusu.

[#49] Se-kuttatodabe Nuwuda, “Todudu da-seppedi, da!

[#13] Selalemo, “Se-dullodi. se-wodice, da-seppe demele ŋawadu”

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