High Eolic word of the day: mittám

mittám: tongue; taste.

len náram mittámba-callangal yácindacarnútur
we eat.PERF.TRANS tongue-cow.ACC dinner.GEN
“we have eaten cow’s tongues for dinner”

mittám is also used idiomatically with a possessive prefix and the sociative suffix -er in order to convey the meaning “to X’s taste”, “to X [it] tastes [like]…”.

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