dome

[Verb, intransitive]

to know, to recognize, to have a thought, to infer. This verb prefers a non-volitional subject, but will take a volitional subject when the sense is to infer. What is known or inferred is marked with =du.

Derivation: derived from doŋi 'eye' and the obsolete particle me 'in'.

Examples

[#38] Laka ze nolo edadu, seleseleke noye edadu meli mada ele sadometeda.

[#70] Sasetodaŋe, "Di ennaza dames leseje usu, ja ŋon noyewadu luguñewape yanna lekuñeyesdu diŋena madomeda, naje dame leje je leluguñeyeŋe nadanada."

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