Form:     jatēpa [N.SG]

•   1. lack, loss, something that is not there that might otherwise be there lack1125  

• Example Sentences:

• sele japīña to jatēpanrie;
  I feel sorry for your loss.
  

• semme jerrasōr ke mīña ien senne jatēpa to wā senne jekīþa ilwae ien la sū jalāe īr;
  The little one replied, "We are lacking from never knowing from experience what is behind the mountain."
  

• semete ke mārjanen jē mētūmi ien wā serne jatēpa to jāo;
  The Grandmother of the ētūma said, "Do not be lacking because of this.
  

• samma ke makīþa mōna ien sele jatēpa nā to wā ñi liēn rā jalāe īr;
  The big rock said, "I am so lacking from not having gone behind the mountain."
  

• samma ke makīþa mīña ien wā sele jekīþa ilwae; sele jatēpa ŋō;
  The little rock said, "I will never know from experience. I am so very much lacking."
  

• samma ke makīþa mōna ien sele jatēpa wā to wā ñi liēn rā jalāe īr;
  The big rock said, "I am not lacking from not having gone behind the mountain."
  

•   2. the feeling of lacking something, generally human company; so, alone, lonely alone1125  

• Example Sentences:

• tele jatēpa tō jāo ñi rātāsa;
  I felt lonely so I went to the marketplace.
  

• • Stems for this form:
  • •     -tēp-