Q. man tiruva fána cirya? “Who shall heed a white ship?”
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The sixth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is man “who” followed by the future of tir- “to heed”. The object of the phrase is the noun cirya¹ “ship”, preceded by the adjective fána “white”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
man tir-uva fána cirya? = “*who heed-(future) white ship”
Reference ✧ MC/222 ✧ Man tiruva fána kirya “Who shall heed a white ship?”
Elements
| man | “who” | ✧ MC/222 | |
| tir- | “to watch (over), guard, heed; to look (at), gaze, observe” | future | ✧ MC/222 (tiruva) |
| fána | “white” | ✧ MC/222 | |
| cirya¹ | “(sharp-prowed) ship; swift gliding” | ✧ MC/222 (kirya) |
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