mavat'

namaiaaxǫ (Supr.) `beckoned' [3pl ipf]

pomavati (RuCS) `give a signal with one's hand or head' [verb]

májat' `exhaust, harass' [verb];

mavat' (dial.) `wave' [verb]

majati `beckon, agitate, vibrate' [verb];

pomavati `give a signal with one's hand or head' [verb]

májati `move about, shake' [verb], májam [1sg], májem [1sg]

IE meaning: beckon

Comments: It is clear that *majati and *mavati continue one and the same verb, j and v being "Hiatustilger". While majati `to beckon' cannot be separated from Lith. móti, Latv. mãt `id.', majati `to detain, to tire, to exhaust' has been linked to Germanic forms like OHG muoan and Go. afmauiʮs (cf. Stang 1972: 35). The respective roots in Pokorny are mā- (693) and mō- (746). If we assume that *majati indeed continues *meh₂- as well as *meh₃- (LIV: 382), we have to settle for semantic arguments. Since it is also possible to argue on semantic grounds that *majati ultimately continues *meh₂- `to beckon' only (Trubačëv XVII 134), it is to a certain extent a matter of choice which solution one prefers.

Go. afmauiʮs `tired' [ppp];

OHG muoan `alarm, worry' [verb]

namaiaaxǫ (Supr.) `beckoned' [3pl ipf]

pomavati (RuCS) `give a signal with one's hand or head' [verb]

májat' `exhaust, harass' [verb];

mavat' (dial.) `wave' [verb]

majati `beckon, agitate, vibrate' [verb];

pomavati `give a signal with one's hand or head' [verb]

májati `move about, shake' [verb], májam [1sg], májem [1sg]

IE meaning: beckon

Comments: It is clear that *majati and *mavati continue one and the same verb, j and v being "Hiatustilger". While majati `to beckon' cannot be separated from Lith. móti, Latv. mãt `id.', majati `to detain, to tire, to exhaust' has been linked to Germanic forms like OHG muoan and Go. afmauiʮs (cf. Stang 1972: 35). The respective roots in Pokorny are mā- (693) and mō- (746). If we assume that *majati indeed continues *meh₂- as well as *meh₃- (LIV: 382), we have to settle for semantic arguments. Since it is also possible to argue on semantic grounds that *majati ultimately continues *meh₂- `to beckon' only (Trubačëv XVII 134), it is to a certain extent a matter of choice which solution one prefers.

Go. afmauiʮs `tired' [ppp];

OHG muoan `alarm, worry' [verb]