Pelten

=Old Sumrë=

Etymology
From Proto-Sumric *pɫt- ("to twitch, to stray").

Pronunciation

 * /pɛ́ltɛn/

Verb
pelten Zero-grade verb
 * Zero-grade root: pɫt
 * Imperative: pelce
 * Supine: kpɫt
 * 1) To move unsteadily
 * 2) To move erratically
 * 3) To stray
 * 4) To wonder
 * 5) (of water) To surge, to burst banks
 * 6) (of mind) To daydream
 * 7) (of morals) To lose one's way

lylwé pyltau jotŕ amáka

DEF/water surge.3S.DEER across DEF/land-SUPER

"The land is surging across the water"

Descendants

 * Old Naumes: paddan ("to charge at an enemy")