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V

to watch (over), guard, heed; to look (at), gaze, observe

Source: MC:222, https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2692213205.html

Attested in Markirya ("tiruva"), Cirion's Oath ("tiruvantes")

Inflected forms
tiruva "guard.fut" (q-fut)
tiruvantes "guard.fut.3pl3so" (q-fut, q-3pl-n, q-obj-3sg)
tírie "guard.abst" (q-abstract-noun)
Component of compounds
palantir- "look-far"

Paradigms
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