Dictionary:antee

Middle Airananwe

Pronunciation

• /änteː/

Etymology

A verb formed from antaa (upon): what rests upon a person — the body, the kin — is what cannot be set down. Gaillean had no verb here, putting the possessor in the dative instead.

Verb

antee

1. (inalienable) have; hold as one's own inseparably, as of the body, of kin, of a name

Related terms

• Compare: hersyee (“have, of separable things”)
• Compare: antaa (“upon”)

Descendants

• Airananwe: anté