Entry: pemma
Stem: <pen-/pess- ; pen- ; pe:->
Grammar: v.intr.
Meaning: 1) to sit 2) to live, to stay somewhere 3) to remain, to stay on
Comments: 1) ab.e, säŋma, i.bex pen.ja.siʔ. (come.IMP mother's_younger_sister this.LOC sit.eat.SUP) Come, auntie, to sit [and rest] here. 2) pe:.n.ji.ŋ.ä hola, ni:.yak sum.yak pe:.n.ji.ŋ.ä. (sit.NP.DU.EXPS.FCT holā two.day three.day sit.NP.DU.EXPS.FCT) We'll stay [in the city] for two or three days, I think. 3) hago ek hapta.doʔ pel.leʔ.m.ä. (now ek haphtā.like sit.stop.INF.FCT) I'm only staying on for another week [before going away].
Nepali: basnu
