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Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.10 (repost #1)

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Monday, November 13, 2006, 17:43
Senjecas:

 1. house = mhêêsos < mhêêsa, live, dwell, reside, inhabit.

 2. wall = arhgâmos < ârhga, 1) t.v. close, shut, lock- (-in, -up);
block, obstruct, blockade. 2) i.v. close, shut, lock; block, be in
the way.

 3. door = ðûrhos < ðûrha 1) t.v. shut the door on [s.o./s.th.],
close the entrance-, -to, -of. 2) i.v. shut the door.

 4. threshhold = ðurhmôrhdzos < ðûrhos, door, + môrhdzos, boundary.

 5. window = nelhos < nelha, t.v. bore through, drill, pierce,
penetrate, perforate, gimlet.

 6. lock = arhgûrhos (see #2).

 7. room = mhexrhêêdzos < mhêca, separate, + rhêêdzos, space.

 8. bathroom = lomhdârhos < lômha, 1) t.v. wash, launder. 2) i.v.
wash, launder, +  -dârhos, noun suffix naming the place where the
action of the verb occurs.

There is also tsecüdêmos, latrine, outhouse, < tsêcüa, defecate, +
dêmos, building.

 9. corner (angle, nook, quoin) = cânþos < cânþa, 1) t.v. corner. 2)
i.v. corner.

10. ceiling = mhexrhéédzvîîrhcos < mhexrhêêdzos, room, + vîîrhcos,
height.

My house has a door that faces north, but windows that face east and
west.
n-os tsôômhrh-am ânt-i ðûrh-os m-úsïo mhees-ôsï-' o ês-a.  nelh-ôes
ánt-i aaûs-am-cüe mhêês-am-cüe ânt-a.
that-NOM.sg north-ACC.sg oppose-REL door-NOM.sg I-GEN.sg house-
GEN.sg-ELIS to be-IND.  window-NOM.pl oppose-CONJ east-ACC.sg.-and
west-ACC.sg-and face-IND

That unusual house has 6 walls per room.
süêts sênïo mhéxrheedz-ôsï-' o árhgam-ôes n-süêêðmho mhees-ôsïo n-
ósï-' o ês-a.
six each room-GEN.sg-ELIS to wall-NOM.pl. PRIV-usual house-GEN.sg
that.GEN.sg-ELIS to be-IND

The threshhold is where the door is.
ðurhmôrhdz-os ðurh-ôsïo stiiv-ôsïo éna ês-a.
threshold-NOM.sg door-GEN.sg place-GEN.sg in be-IND

There aren't any locks on the doors, not even on the bathroom door.
ðurh-ôm éna árhgurh-ôes vûûl-a ne. lómhdarh-ôsïo ðurh-ôsïo éna ténd-
u ne.
door-GEN.pl in door-NOM.pl there.be-IND not. bathroom-GEN.sg door-
GEN.sg in time-ADV not

In the southern corner, against the ceiling, there are many cobwebs.
pûlo tsérht-ë-mhev-ôes süôôlo canþ-ôsïo éna, mhexrhééviirhc-ôsïo ánt-
a, vûûl-a.
many spider-EPEN-fabric-NOM.pl southern corner-GEN.sg in
ceiling.GEN.sg oppose-PREP there-be-IND

camouflage, protective coloring (n) = laaðtsîmhos < lââða,  1) t.v.
conceal, hide, secrete. 2) i.v. hide, + tsîmha 1) t.v.
color, dye, stain, paint (over), bedaub. 2) i.v. color, dye, stain,
paint.

camouflage (v) = laaðtsîmhôsïo éna oûta, dress in camouflage.

The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy
territory.
pits-ûsïo rhemh-om lêj-u pér-a tsâþm-us pótï-n-um lááðtsimh-ôsïo éna
per oût-a.
enemy-GEN.sg territory-ACC.sg enter-SUP before-PREP troops-NOM.sg
self-that-ACC.sg camouflage-GEN.sg in PAST.PART dress-IND

Charlie
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