Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.10 (repost #1)

Den 3. nov. 2006 kl. 05.01 skrev Henrik Theiling:

>>   Note: I'm going to give fewer context sentences since it seems
>> that 10 is too
>> many.
I must admit I have felt pretty exhausted after some of them 10-
sentence sessions. Happy, but exhausted. And I little worried from
having kept my customers on hold for so long.

>>   1. house
Urianian: tam
Gaajan: eje

>>   2. wall
U: tamuz, viruz, or virdim (there may be some nuances; this I have to
sort out)
G: jem

>>   3. door
U: zyr (physical door), gurd (door, doorway)
G: kuda

>>   4. threshold
U: zult or dirkulz (spiritually important)
G: unknown, but I could construct ejona (house-limit)

>>   5. window
U: lagats, vimf
G: jenguja

>>   6. lock (v or n)
U: erkid (v), erl (n)
G: againjanaim (v & n)

>>   7. room
U: sil
G: kunja

>>   8. bathroom
U: larsil (wash & toilet, but toilet also: sendil)
G: agasab (latrine, where you don't go alone; no special room for
washing)

>>   9. corner
U: niv (general), tang (outside corner of house)
G: kunjama (Gaajans had round houses, but kunjama was used for a
small enclosure against the wall for stacking things)

>>   10. ceiling
U: karn (ceiling, arc, doorway), rivl (roof, ceiling)
G: ijem (ceiling, no word for roof)

>>   My house has a door that faces north, but windows that face east
>> and west.
U: Ma tanja e gurd nerda, da vimfi ora je usta. (my house-gen.sg is
door north-acc.sg, but window-nom.pl east-acc.sg and west-acc.sg)
G: Ejemake kuda a sapelti ko jusu jengujau anjire iganti ereptita ko
junjisu. (house-my-erg door it-has-it north-all look it-does-rel
window-pl it-has-them-but east-all west-all-and look they-do-rel)

Older Urianians would say 'tamia' instead of 'tanja'.

>>   That unusual house has 6 walls per room.
U: Tamits alun sin tanzi six siljana. (house-dem.gen.sg unusual are
wall-nom.pl six room-gen.pl-each)
G: Pos ejedake kunjanan arild jemu anji. (strange house-that-erg room-
gen-each six wall-pl it-has-them.

>>   The threshold is where the door is.
U: Dirkulz e ted zyrja. (threshold is place door-gen.sg)
G: Ejona kudan jum ju. (threshold door-gen place it-is)

>>   There aren't any locks on the doors, not even on the bathroom door.
U: Elli ni sin zyrsi, ni sin idu zyru larsilja. (lock-nom.pl not they-
are door-loc.pl, not they-are even door-loc.sg bathroom-gen.sg)
G: Ara kudauke againjanaimu anjinje, aras agasabin kudake anji. (not
door-pl-erg lock-pl they-have-them, not-also latrine-gen door-erg it-
has-them)

>>   In the southern corner, against the ceiling, there are many
>> cobwebs.
U: Nivu suldira bil uki lir karna gromin. (corner-loc.sg south-acc.sg
much [cob-]web it-hangs-loose ceiling-acc.sg pile-stat.part) [finally
I get to use a participle]
G: Asati kunjamam ijemti upenun ukiweos iunji. (south-all corner-loc
roof-all spider-pl-gen web-pl-many they-are)


As a bonus I will give you an Urianian creation myth in Old Urianian,
from the novel that came back to me, refused, from the publisher
Saturday before last. It is not easy to publish a fantasy novel in a
small language like ours. Maybe I should get myself an English
ghostwriter. Or maybe I should work a little harder to make it un-
refusable.

1.
Wirnio vrater jet Jemios. (The brother of Wirnos was Jemios.)
Pater ison jet Diunos. (Their father was our Dius.)
Dius wenet ejo vornons, (Dius loved his children,)
wenet mukise Jemion. (Though he loved Jemios more.)
2.
Jemios virdon vedgevjet. (Jemios played virdos well.)
Wirnos semos dine nudjet. (One day, Wirnos won.)
'Me ocete!' Wirnos socjet. ('Look at me!' said Wirnos.)
Socjet Dius 'Qeras sinos'. (Dius said, 'Pure luck.')
3.
Wirnos nu hremzidjet wogre. (Wirnos now was mighty angry.)
Hrodon havjet mari ejo. (He took a stone in his hand.)
Kladjet Jemjon keri eme. (He struck Jemios on the head with it.)
Krojet zimon, nus, Jemios. (Jemios fell to the ground, dead.)
4.
Socjet Dius 'Cid nu zosa?' (Dius said, 'Now what have you done?')
'Sogize me, dolon ne jet.' ('Sorry, I didn't mean it.')
Dius ocjet mahun murton. (Dius looked at his dead son.)
'Emoi klurtod,' socjet Dius. ('For this you shall pay,' said Dius.)
5.
'Tome wergesiom vuton.' ('Then I will make a world.')
Vrezle tegjet vugi naus. (He thrust a knife in the corpse's belly.)
Krus remujet, erjet morin. (The blood ran out, it became the sea.)
Eran tomod kiltos erjet. (The meat however turned to land.)
6.
Wirnos lojet pilons kerod. (Wirnos cut off the hair on the head.)
Witons kaitons wergit emod. (Wide forests he made from it.)
Genjet glevons nasod vratros. (He created mountains from his
brother's nose.)
Glegomos wergit nu acans. (But from his eyes he made lakes.)
7.
Vrezle rujet vugon vratros. (With the knife he opened his brother's
belly.)
Enteromos wergit ajons. (He made ores from the entrails.)
Necri erjont zanon jeson. (The kidneys became the red copper.)
Jecritos karon isarnon. (The liver became the hard iron.)
8.
Gudos erjet megon moson (The intestine became the great worm)
kuton, kreton ce porwemon. (who digs, shakes and emits fire.)
Lecmons, krendon nemjet Diwe. (The lungs and stomach he gave to Dius.)
Kerdon tome havjet semi. (But the heart he took himself.)
9.
Wirnos teljet kaptun vratros. (Wirnos lifted his brother's head.)
Sweljet kerson, vade smegjet. (He drank the brains, they tasted good.)
Lojet nu peson ce nerhons. (Now he cut off the penis and testicles.)
Korjet trege qrohi imbi. (He hung them about his neck.)
10.
Socjet nu Wirnos pateron: (Now Wirnos said to his father,)
'Patru, nu lecom Simudan. ('Father, now I leave Simuda.)
Wersiom imbi men vuti. (I will wander about in my world.)
Wersiom imbi Jemion'. (I will wander about in Jemios.')
11.
Socjet nu vadsenton Diwe, (Now he said goodbye to Dius,)
nion werjet vuti ejo. (and wandered down into his world.)
Widjet vujet sonte vados. (And he saw that is was truly good.)
Wenjet Dius mahun murton. (Dius still loved his dead son.)
12.
Wirnos werjet kaiti, plati. (Wirnos wandered through forests and
plains.)
Werjet zolisu ce mendi. (He wandered in valleys and mountains.)
Qemjet nu acan mendisu. (Then he came to a mountain lake.)
Aca vlegon Genowa. (The shining lake of Genowa.)
13.
Zopod acas lokis vajet. (From the deeps of the lake a light was
shining.)
Lokis ajas, Swelnios nomnos. (The light of life, called Swelnios.)
Wirnos ton repkon nu hezjet. (Wirnos now desired this treasure.)
Rinos niqus emot stajet. (The giant Rinos stood before him.)
14.
Rinos petjet nu qejaja. (Now Rinos stormed ferociously forth.)
Pese vratros Wirnos tozjet. (Wirnos struck with his brother's penis.)
Teno krojet Rinos tronti. (Then Rinos fell down on the lakeside.)
Qaket to Zasnuwios. (But Zasnuwios sprang forth.)
15.
Zasnuwios venjet Wirnon. (Zasnuwios hit Wirnos.)
Pese Wirnos tuzjet wrete. (Wirnos struck with the penis again.)
Zasnuwios krojet tronti. (Zasnuwios fell down on the lakeside.)
Teno secrit Nilos niqus. (Then the giant Nilos appeared.)
16.
Nilos veldit ce dekukjet. (Nilos kicked as well as hit.)
Verjet ne peson Jemios. (He could not stand against the penis of
Jemios.)
Wirnos trins niquns esohe. (Wirnos defeated the three giants.)
Swelnos asjet skire zopi. (Swelnos burned brilliantly in the deeps.)
17.
Seljet Wirnos lekons vratros. (Wirnos took his brother's genitals.)
Wodran sojet, peson, nerhons. (He threw them in the water, the penis
and testicles.)
Aca erjet jeston, werton. (The lake started boiling and rising.)
Ocis Jemios nu serpit. (The eye of Jemios now overflowed.)
18.
Niqus tronti erjont urans, (The giants on the lakeside turned into
rivers,)
urans tris megons vutio, (The three great rivers of the world,)
Rinos, Nilos, Zasnuwios, (Rinos, Nilos, Zasnuwios,)
vruson ajaja Jemion. (flowing with life to Jemios.)
19.
Stehjet Aha swelon wodras. (Up from the waters rose the burning Aja.)
Simudas qemjet Murtonos. (From Simuda came Murtonos.)
Wideont vad vujet vuton. (They looked at the world and found it good.)
Wenjet Dius to Jemion. (Dius still loved Jemios.)
20.
Mauros jet, supjet Jemios. (It was darkness, Jemios slept.)
Madjet Aja nu Murtonon. (Now Aja met with Murtonos.)
Loki qemjet, ke Saulos. (Lights came, here Saulos.)
Simudi to Mentis vajet. (But in Simuda Mentis shone.)

This is the end of the first song I think. I haven't written any
more, but the next one should tell of the origin of the other gods,
and of the animals and people of Jemios, the world, as Aja, the
goddess of life, copulated with Murtonos, the god of death, begetting
mortals. Mortals are generally disliked by gods, as we all know. But
they have a friend in Wirnos.

Not a particularly beautiful story, I guess. But it has its good points.

LEF

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