High Eolic word of the day: himándaram

himánd- (transitive verb), imperfective himándaram: to say again, repeat; to order, instruct; to translate; to mediate.

ca himánd-am panduttárut nget minarsám mbuttácalá
I instruct.PERF-TRANS brother.ILL.DEF that sell.POT.NON1.TRANS sheep.ACC.PL
“I instructed my brother to sell the sheep”

Along with its more “basic” meanings of repeating something said or instructing something to be done, himándaram has also come to mean “to translate” (from one language to another) or “to mediate” (between two parties, e.g. in a conflict).

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