-dzi ndes̲da    -dzi n•des̲•da    -ᙌ ᐣᑓᔆᑕ    V

to be hurt (emotionally)

This construction literally means ‟X's heart became sore”, so the ‟subject” is marked by possessive prefixation of the noun -dzi ‟heart”, e.g. oodzi ndes̲da ‟he is hurt”. It is the perfective counterpart of -dzi nduda ‟to be sad”.


[∅-da <da₂ «sick»]  Perfective Affirmative  

Related Words:   Emotions

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