Re: Weekly (sic) Vocab 28

Christopher Wright wrote:

>1. alley
haz'let

>I got lost in an alley the other day.
Ak'tes i haz'letom joor hasraim.
day-before-yesterday in alley-INST way(-ACC) lose-1SG:PAST


>2. thug
irhanok, daiz'o, nurjnik

>Two thugs appeared out of nowhere.
Lak daiz'e kra mukuda unaz'ioz.
two thugs from nowhere-GEN appear-3PL


>3. knife
sikni

>They had long knives.
Tizem nagya sinkir anas'ez.
them-INST long knives exist-3PL:PAST


>4. mug
nurjek, groga-fkuta

>I think they were trying to mug me, but they didn't say much.
Yan nurji anas'ez k'rudam, ak' midag'ie palbaiz.
me-ACC rob-FP* exist:3PL:PAST think-1SG , but not-much-ADV speak-3PL:PAST

*future participle, "they were about to mug me"


>5. police / civil guard
milicia (yes), vöyak, modav (in Mavrius)

>Before they reached me, the police arrived.
Yel yant ftukioz ba modavi unaz'ioz.
before me-DAT reach-3PL:PAST COND police arrive-3PL:PAST


>6. brawl
negz, böro

>There was a bit of a brawl.
Böror foc anas'e.
fight-GEN bit exist:3SG:PAST


>7. to imprison
iksaz'nek, i saz'inu untenak

>The thieves didn't want to be imprisoned.
Drovori iksaz'nibza c'ek mu hos'aiz.
thieves imprison-PASS be-INF NEG want-3PL:PAST


>8. to surrender
cudrirek

>At last, one surrendered, but the other was already dead.
Ültümie adin cudririos' ak' k'ok viom s'iniv as'e.
at-lat one surrender-3SG:PAST but other already dead be:3SG:PAST


>9. corpse
hors'a

>His corpse is loose and flabby like fat cut from a steak.
Tai hors'a bluz ki penduec', nunie kra k'irza lasabza maslo.
his corpse loose* and flabby , like from steak-GEN cut-PASS fat

*"loose, baggy" as in clothes, not "loose, slack" |gurur|. I was surprised
I already had this word.


>10. god(s)
dunc'a (~ai), Yad

>God/The gods alone will judge him now.
Lud Yad zar tan k'nigir.
now God only him:ACC judge-3SG:FUT

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