High Eolic word of the day: varnávam

varná- (transitive verb), imperfective varnávam: to wake up (someone).

ca layúcav yat már varná-m cal
I sleep.IMPERF then he/she wake.up.PERF-TRANS I.ACC
“I was sleeping when he/she woke me up”

The verb varnávam is underlyingly transitive, but may also be used in the middle voice in an intransitive sense (as in “I woke up”).

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