ᴱQ. rámali tíne “the wings shining”

⚠️ᴱQ. rámali tínë “the wings shining”

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The eleventh line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is the plural of ráma “wing”, followed by the “bare stem” infinitive of the verb tini- “to shine” as suggested by Gilson, Welden, and Hostetter (PE16/84, notes on line #10 and #11), apparently functioning as either an active-participle or a verbal object.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

ráma-li tíne = “*wing-(plural) shining”

Reference ✧ MC/213 ✧ “the wings shining”

Elements

ráma “wing; arm” plural ✧ MC/213 (rámali)
tini- “to gleam, shine as a star” active-participle ✧ MC/213 (tíne)

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