Meaning:1) fall; 2) set (of the sun) ; 3) -na thamaʔ lose face; 4) (with samba:n 'punishment') undergo punishment, be punished; 5) cadent aspectivizer highlighting falling motion
Comments:1) wiʔltha It's raining; wiʔlthakusiNlɔʔ It looks as though it's going to rain; na:Nthe: It snowed; cf. thamaʔ,thammaʔ,tha:maʔ,tha:mmaʔ 2) namthe: The sun set 3) sa:ʔrikanathe: (very my-face fall/PT) I have really lost face, I have really been put to shame; kɛnathei:? Have you been dishonoured?; kunatha He will be disgraced; cf. tha:maʔ (4) 4) samba:nkɛ-dha-ʔ [punishment 2-fall-DEF] You'll be punished 5) vide 5.3.3; kubhɛkwalu:gɛdhe: The tree has shed its leaves.
Entry:thamaʔ
Grammar:v.irr.
Meaning:relinquitive aspectivizer 'to leave', vide 5.3.4
Comments:tho:yuks-u-Ndha-N (above put-3P-1sA leave-1sA) I left it up there; tha:ʔ-ʔɛ-dha-ʔɛlaʔba (leave behind for-1sPS/NPT leave-1sPS/NPT probably) He'll probably leave it behind for me; cf. tha:ʔmaʔ.
