Q. úpa adj. “dumb” (Category: Dumb)

Q. úpa, adj. “dumb” (Category: Dumb)

Reference ✧ PE17/126 ✧ ūpa “dumb”

Related

• úpa- “[unglossed]” is perhaps a verb form of úpa “dumb”

Elements

ú-	“no, not, un-, in-; hard, difficult, bad, uneasy; hardly, with difficulty, ‘badly’”
ópa	“mouth (opening of which the lips are the edges)”	✧ PE17/126 (ōpa)

Element In

• Q. essë úpa nas “he is dumb” ✧ PE17/126

Derivations

• < ✶ūopa “dumb” ✧ PE17/126
  • < √OP “(opening of) mouth” ✧ PE17/126

Phonetic Developments

✶ūopa > ūpa

[ūopa] ? [ūpa]

✧ PE17/126