Entry: yu:maʔ, -yu:s-/-yu:-
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: be activated, in the expressions: 1) -miʔ yu:maʔ feel sleepy; 2) -lɛm yu:maʔ [lɛm kidney] lack the energy to do something, lack the spunk; 3) with immaʔ 'to sleep' in the impersonal construction: immaʔ yu:/yu:sɛ become/became sleepy; 4) with ye:ʔmaʔ 'to laugh' or -ye: 'urge to laugh' ; 5) -yam yu:maʔ not look forward to doing something
Comments: 1) amiʔ yu:sɛ I'm sleepy; cf. wamaʔ 2)\x alɛm yu:sɛ I don't have the spunk; cf. lɔʔmaʔ (7), tɔ:pmaʔ 3)\x cf. Nep. nidrā lāgcha/lāgyo 4)\x in eg.: ku-ye:ʔ-my-aN yu:s-ɛ (his-laugh-INF-also be activated-PT)\x He too felt the urge to laugh; aye:pmǝ yu: I shall have to laugh; hɛnaN kɛye:rɛʔ - kɛʔi:ndaN, hɛkkɛlle aye: yu:sɛ Why are you laughing? - You imitated me, so I had to laugh 5) ayam yu:sɛ ro:! Oh, I'm not looking forward to doing it at all!; cf. lɔʔmaʔ (7),\x tɔ:pmaʔ, yu:maʔ (2).\x 