High Eolic word of the day: cissácam

cissá- (transitive verb), imperfective cissácam: to take; to eat (esp. formally), have a meal.

máca cissá-pam túpalut carlavangut
they take-PERF.TRANS child.ACC.DEF mother.EL.DEF
“they took the child away from [its] mother”

Along with its normal meaning “to take”, cissácam is also used to denote eating of meals (e.g. ca cissápam yácindacarnútal, literally “I took dinner”).

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