mënů (verb) - to lessen, reduce, diminish

mënů (02_Asaxi Verbs_ů (List))

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mënů

mënů

Transitivity / Valency

monotransitive

Lexical Aspect

• Durative (Activity) — unfolds over time.
• Aspect markers: na- “do repeatedly” · tå- “do once” · ni- “begin to” · chå- “do fully”.

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Logic

Pronunciation

IPA: /mənɯ/

Pitch Accent

• Morae: më · nů
• Pattern: H · L
• Class: lexical

Translations

• English: to lessen, reduce, diminish
• Polish: zmniejszać, ujmować

Example sentence

Example 1

• Asaxi: zhý săa mënů.
• English: Cold lessens the heat.
• Polish: x

Alternative Forms

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Etymology

Reductive më- + -nů; the antonym of tănů (to add).

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Root Noun

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Derived terms

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