On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 11:06 AM De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:

I had thought {mev} might've been similar to {meQ}, which can mean both "burn, be burning" and "burn, cause something burn".

Interestingly, in the paq'batlh, MO seems more consistent about using {meQ} for "burn, be burning" and {meQmoH} for "burn, ignite something".

Intransitively:

Dogh ghaH 'e' Sov moratlh
'etlh DoQDI'
meQchu'pu' wo' che'rupbogh

Morath knows he has been a fool,
His promised kingdom will be ash
By the time he claims the sword.

(pages 64-65)

Transitively:

jIbDaj lumeQmoH
jIbDaj lumeQmoH
qul bIQtIq qulHommey

[...]

jIbDaj lumeQmoH
'ej bejtaHvIS
baS moj jIb

Sparks from the fire river
Caught his hair,
Caught his hair.

[...]

Caught his hair
And turned to steel
Before his eyes.

(pages 86-87)

qeylIS Qaw' 'e' nIDmeH
yerDaj weH molor
'ej juH qachDaj meQmoH

Molor did not destroy Kahless
By burning his house
Or ravaging his lands.

(pages 114-115)