Word Class: Suff
lest, or else
Notes: (used with evitative verb form, or with future negative, describing undesirable consequences that can be avoided by taking the correct steps specified-- see Grammar.) =magi-'- VIntrIl to tell (story, etc., object unspecified in verb). 7.21.5, 13.30.4, 43.17.2, 60.3.4/5, 161.35.2. Formally this is the Refl. form of =maga- to tell (person) , but is not reflexive in meaning (cf. the false reflexive or some other Aboriginal languages like Dyirbal). Note that the verb form =magi-0 is the future negative (Nonpast3) of =maga-.