Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.10 (repost #1)

On Friday 03 November 2006 05:01, Henrik Theiling wrote:

In Shaquelingua:

1. house = ktat [ktat]

2. wall = çeidiga [Ce"idiga]

3. door = yiklis [Hi.klis]

4. "threshold" = roife [Xo'ife] = opening, passage

5. window = xusiç [ZusiC]

6. lock = txōyās [tCOH3s]

7. room = leyo [4ewo]

8. bathroom = çyidelo [CHide4o] (where you go alone)
            = tājegelo [t3jege4o] (where you can wash yourself)

9. corner

The closest expression to "corner" is "part of room".

çudi leyo suva [Cudi lewo suva]
= **at a part of room
= in a corner

/çu(d)/ is the partitive quantifier meaning "a part of". When you need to be
more precise, you explicitely use the concept /çya/ = part.

yōji (fra-leyo) tailō çya suva [wOji fXa:4ewo ta"i4O CHa suva]
= in the south part (of a/the room)

10. "ceiling" = lōbēbar [4ObEbaX] = inner top part

> >   My house has a door that faces north, but windows that face east and
> > west.
je zēle vātsuko yiklis keja tiyō ktat ; dōki ; be fare kitxoko si xēyōko
tajira xusiç.

[je: zE4e v3.tsuko Hi.k4is keja: tiwO ktat]
[dOki]
[be: faXe ki.tCoko si ZewOko tajiXa: ZusiC]

je        zēle  vātsuko       yiklis  keja     tiyō     ktat
INDEF.SG  EQUA  toward.north  door    1SG.POSS IND+ATMP house

dōki
but

be   fare  kitxoko      si   xēyōko       taji        -ra  xusiç
QLT  EQUA  toward.west  and  toward.east  IRR.3SG.POSS-PL  window

= My house has a door toward north but its windows are toward east and west.

> >   That unusual house has 6 walls per room.
re çafi-çeidiga zēle leyo çija tiyō kubisiu ktat.
[Xe: Cafi:Ce"idiga zE4e 4ewo Cija: tiwO kubisi"u ktat]

re  çafi --çeidiga  zēle  leyo
PL  NUM.6--wall     EQUA  room

çi -ja  tiyō      kubisiu     ktat
DEM-SG  IND+ATMP  unordinary  house

= This unusual house has six-walled rooms.

> >   The threshhold is where the door is.
yōje yiklis fare suva yōja tiyō roife.
[wOje: Hi.k4is faXe suva wOja: tiwO Xo"ife]

yō -je  yiklis  fare  suva  yō -ja  tiyō      roife
DEF-SG  door    EQUA  at    DEF-SG  IND+RTSP  opening

= The opening is at the door.

(As much stupid in Shaquelingua as in English.)  ;-)

> >   There aren't any locks on the doors, not even on the bathroom door.
ske zēle txōyās yōra tiyō yiklis ; yōja kili lajiyō çyidelo.
[ske: zE4e tCOH3s wOXa tiwO Hi.k4is]
[wOja: ki4i 4ajiwO CHide4o]

ske   zēle  txōyās  yō -ra  tiyō      yiklis
ANUM  EQUA  lock    DEF-PL  IND+ATMP  door

yō -ja  kili  la -jiyō       çyidelo
DEF-SG  too   NEG-IMPL+ATMP  bathroom

= The doors have no lock, (so) doesn't the bathroom either.

> >   In the southern corner, against the ceiling, there are many cobwebs.
yōji tailō çya fare bēva sera tiyō rjusā diga.
[wOji: ta"i4O CHa faXe bEva seXa: tiwO Xjus3 diga]

yō -ji  tailō  çya   fare  bēva
DEF-SG  south  part  EQUA  at.top.of

se  -ra  tiyō      rjusā   diga
AUGM-PL  IND+ATMP  animal  construction

= **A lot of animal constructions are at the top of the southern part.

(I haven't thought about if there will be spider-like insects on Shaquie.)

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