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Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.10 (repost #1)

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 23:25
Did this one long ago, but omitted one term, apparently:

KASH:
> 1. house
puna
> 2. wall
exterior/interior: ñera defensive/boundary: ñeraka (...+big) panels woven fronds/split wood (lightweight, interior): hafa id. (heavyweight, exterior/fencing): haprak (...+big)
> > 3. door
general: door, doorway, gate: findu actual door (what you build, or buy at the lumberyard): ekapindu (ekam 'leaf' +...)
> > 4. threshold
pripindu (step+door---NEW)
> > 5. window
çumbuna ~colloq. çupuna (<eye+house)
> > 6. lock (v or n)
as vb. olek 'locked', rumolek (caus.) 'to lock s.t.' noun: añolek
> > 7. room
atel
> > 8. bathroom
atetroçin (atel+toçin 'bathe') in a modern house, for washing only, usu. a shower yutroçin (place+...) (rural) usu. outdoor place, river, pool, or just a big barrel of water that you scoop over yourself (and perhaps companions) eyurun (DEF+place) the toilet, restroom etc. (I love the Indonesian expression di belakang 'at back', but didn't want to translate directly :-) )
> > 9. corner
çulo (also 'angle')-- çuloni atel 'corner of the room'; çuloni ratu 'corner of the street'
> > 10. ceiling
ninat; might consist of _hafa_