Christopher Wright wrote:
> 1. to think
> I think about many things.
mapizu
Mapizunvaku pivblalai pifluaai
Mapizu-na -va =ku pif- blala-i pif- lua -i
Think -3rdPlIrr-Hab=I.nom G7Pl-thing-PL G7Pl-many/much-pl
[mApi'zomvAku pev'blalaj pef'lwa:j]
> 2. to plan
> I plan to go to town today.
Kaft'ia
Vuliikaft'ialuki laazli uabiitaniba
Vulii-kaft'ia-u-ki laazli ua-biitani -ba
Go -plan -I-NonPunct today G6-inhabited.place-illative
[vuli:kAf'tsaloC= 'la:zr\i wAdal'pAbA]
Notes:
1. Assumes that the speaker is planning to go alone, otherwise the
verb zaba would be used instead of vulii
2. Some dialects have vulikkaft'iauki instead of vuliikaft'iauki.
Vulik is an allomorph of vulii, only used, in the standard
dialect, before vowels or l
3. Biitani can refer to any inhabited place, from a collection of tents
to a metropolis (altho in later periods it tended to
4. The {l} in -kaft'ialuki shows up before the ending -u, before
consonant-initial endings, it shows up as gemination.
> 3. road
> I will go by the low road.
Pialif
Naivulikuki pialiffi pimatuuli
Nai- vulii-u-ki p- ialif -li pi-matuu-li
Future-go -I-NonPunct G7-road/path-inst G7-low -inst
[najvuli'koC= pjA'leppi pimA'toCCi]
Notes:
1. -li has an allophone -*i, where * indicates gemination
> 4. cloak / coat / culturally acceptable heavy outer garment
> I took my warmest cloak.
Not applicable. The Kassi live in a hot climate.
> 5. to stumble
> I stumbled on the road.
Batata
Fabatatu pialifka
Fa- batata -u p- ialif-ka
Past-stumble-I G7-road -inessive
[fAbA'tatu pjA'lefkA]
Notes:
1. Batata is one of a small number of verbs ending in -a that lose
the a before vowels and {l}; historically these are derived from
schwa-final roots
> 6. wind
> The wind was fierce.
Uanfakil
Fasalpalki uanfakil
Fa- sa- lpa -l -ki ua-nfakil
Past-PredAdj-strong-it-NonPuct G6-wind
[fAsal'pAlCi wAm'fACel]
> 8. to freeze
> My ears are freezing.
No word for "freeze"
Sadiagutanki uaffamaakuai
Sa- diaguta-na -ki uaf- famaa-kua-i
PredAjd-cold -3rdPlIrr-NonPunct G6Pl-ear -my -pl
[sadZagu'taJCi wAffA'mA:kwaj]
"My ears are cold" is the closes I could come to that.
> 9. ice
> I think they have become ice.
No word for ice. The Kassi live in a climate that is far too warm for
ice to ever form
> 10. inn
> I arrive at the inn half-dead.
No word for inn in the classical language.
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