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mimated (not comparable)

  1. With mimation.
    Antonym: non-mimated
    • 1888, George Bertin, Abridged Grammars of the Languages of the Cuneiform Inscriptions: [], London: Trübner & Co., [], page 33:
      These mimated forms were soon more weakened still, and the m dropped was replaced by a simple aspirate; it is what we call the emphatic state (see Syntax), to distinguish it from the mimation: obj. kašpa‛, “the money.”
    • 1981, Albert J. Borg, A Study of Aspect in Maltese, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Karoma Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:
      Mimated nouns also denote the instrument, e.g., magħżqa “mattock” from għażaq “to dig”, muftieħ “key" from fetaħ “to open”.
    • 1994, Robert Deutsch, Michael Heltzer, Forty New Ancient West Semitic Inscriptions, Archaeological Center Publication, →ISBN, page 72:
      Thus, we propose the following translation: “That which Ešmunyaton and Magon and Baʿalpilles offered to their lord(s) — the ʿAštars (or ʿštrm)”, or if we accept it as a mimated singular, “That, which Ešmunyaton and Magon and Baʿalpilles offered to their lord ʿštrm”.