Category: verbal class

kopel-

Verbal root
– Etymology: word made up of ko– (used as a prefix indicating reciprocity) and of peli (to speak).

kopeli

– Morphology: ko.pel.i
– Translation:

1. talk, converse
   
   • noy jo kopeli oloma kalose ➜ We talked all night

– Derivatives:

• kopelia = talked, conversed
  
• kopelio = (while, by) talking, conversing
  
• kopelie = interlocutor, the one who’s talking, who’s conversing
  

kopele

– Morphology: ko.pel.e
– Translation:

1. conversation, dialogue, discussion, interview
   
   • noy posdio durifi tia kopele ➜ We will continue this conversation tomorrow

kopela

– Morphology: ko.pel.a
– Translation:

1. conversing, dialoguing, discussing, interviewing
   
   • me oreli kopela ambiare ➜ I am listening to a discussing couple
2. of conversation, of discussion
   
   • tie bona kopela teme ➜ It is a good topic of discussion

kopelo

– Morphology: ko.pel.o
– Translation:

1. by conversing, by dialoguing, by discussing, by interviewing
   
   • noy jo findi luse mupelo ➜ We found a solution by discussing