Re: Weekly (sic) Vocab 28

Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:

1. alley--sutini kiminu "way aside"
I got lost in an alley the other day.

Pikani a kisati u sutini kiminu u musala pimika.
I am lost @ way aside @ past recent.

2. thug--kitali kitungi pawapawakisi--"man crime kill" (kill =
"make-un_live")
Two thugs appeared out of nowhere.

Sitiki kitali kitungi pawapawakisi a pipikita kalisa u sumuki wa talami ya
kukuwanatu.
Two man crime kill are seen come @ origin which's place who's unknown.

3. knife--pulima
They had long knives.

Timiku-timiku a tumala pulima ya pumingu.
They do hold knife who's long.
(Past tense adverb omitted since previous sentence shows context is in the
past.)

4. mug--musasanga ("act violently")
I think they were trying to mug me, but they didn't say much.

Pikani a misaka wai timiku-timiku a kimata musasanga pikani u musilu wai
timiku-timiku a putaki punili silingi.
I do conjecturate that they do attempt violence me @ concession that they do
no plenty talk.

5. police / civil guard--sumitu
Before they reached me, the police arrived.

Kasuta sumitu a pinimi u tulisu wai kitali kitungi pamanga a mukangi pikani.
Squad police do arrive @ before that man crime this do reach me.

6. brawl--kamalu ya kiwasumu ("fight who's unimportant")
There was a bit of a brawl.

A katunga kamalu ya kiwasumu.
There's enough fight who's unimportant.

7. to imprison--tikakami, tikatikami
The thieves didn't want to be imprisoned.

Kitali kitungi a kuwasumi titikami.
Man crime do unwant be-jailed.

8. to surrender--tulami ("yield")
At last, one surrendered, but the other was already dead.

U siwakini ai katili kitali kitungi a tulami u musiti wai kuwanungu kitali
kitungi a musala pawakisi.
@ end, well, one man crime does surrender @ contrast that other man crime is
already dead.

9. corpse--mutuna pawakisi ("body dead")
His corpse is loose and flabby like fat cut from a steak.

Mutuna yu timiku ya pawakisi a piwakana wi pawasika u tikanga wa putulu
kutasu papasita ya tasuka.
Body of him who's dead is un_tense and un_hard @ same which's layer meat cut
who's thick.

10. god(s)--tunulu, Tunulu
God/The gods alone will judge him now.

Piwasali Tunulu a pataki samumuki timiku u malisa.
Only ("un_several") God has capacity judge him @ now.