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Re: Weekly Vocab #1.2.2 (repost #1)

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Friday, November 24, 2006, 16:46
Senjecas:

1. whoever = rendered by a relative clause

Whoever stole my wallet is going to die!
¡n-us m-úsïo sént-ë-mâx-l-om perh tsêlp-i n-us pos mêêrh-a!
that-ACC.sg I-GEN.sg journey-EPEN-bag-DIM-ACC.sg PAST.PART steal-REL
that-NOM.sg FUT.PART die-IND

2. Which = cüos

Which one do you like better?
t-us ólv-u cü-om pîîrh-a-rh.
you-NOM.sg increase-ADV which-ACC.sg like-IND-INTERROG

3. scale (balance, Libra) = telûrhos < têla ( 1) t.v. weigh, poise,
balance. 2) i.v. weigh, poise, balance) + -ûrhos, noun suffix
indicating a tool or instrument.

What kind of bathroom scale do you have?
cüîm-os táx-telp-ôsïo telûrh-os t-úsï-' o ês-a-rh.
what.kind.of-NOM.sg bath-room-GEN.sg scale(s).NOM.sg you-GEN.sg-ELIS
to be-IND-INTERROG

scale (squama; dandruff, scurf) = côôlïos < côôlïa (t.v. scale,
cover with scales.)

How many scales are there on a trout?
cüôto coolï-ôes perhts-êsï ' o ês-a-rh.
how.many scale-NOM.pl trout.GEN.sg-ELIS to be-IND-INTERROG

scale ( 1) t.v. climb, clamber up,  scramble up, mount. 2) i.v.
climb,  mount, ascend, rise, go up, clamber) = mhêrhða.

Someone scaled the wall silently.
sém-us tác-vi arhgâm-om perh mhêrhð-a.
someone-NOM.sg silent-ADV wall-ACC.sg PAST.PART climb-IND

scale = mêtas < mêta (t.v. mark-, lay-, stake-, -out, trace; measure
(off), mete (out), mark; gauge, graduate, calibrate; fathom; scan [a
verse].)

What is the scale of this drawing?
cü-ásë srheg-ôsïo d-ôsïo mêt-as ês-a-rh.
what-NOM.sg-EPEN drawing-GEN.sg this-GEN.sg scale-NOM.sg be-IND-
INTERROG

 4. throat (pharynx) = laûxos < laûxa ( 1) t.v. throttle, strangle,
choke. 2) i.v. strangle, choke)

My throat hurt, so I guessed I had some kind of infection.
m-úsïo laûx-os tsôrhm-a, semímo súqtëtêêl-os náárhu m-úsï-' o perh
ês-o perh qêrhv-a.
I-GEN.sg throat-NOM.sg hurt-IND, some.kind.of infection-NOM.sg
therefore I-GEN.sg-ELIS to PAST.PART be-SUBJ PAST.PART guess-IND

 5. set = -îjos (noun suffix)

Every one of the dish sets was chipped
pélcij-ôsïo sol-os pûlc-aþ-os per sâât-a.
dish.set-GEN.sg every-NOM.sg chip-PAT.PART-NOM.SG PAST.PART stand-IND

set [table] = rhêêða ( 1) t.v. make ready, prepare, equip, furnish,
supply, provide, make out. 2) i.v. get ready, prepare).

Everytime he sets the table, he forgets the spoons.
n-us, n-us sol-ténd-ë-vi eðlêêp-om rhêêð-o, lîjhl-on mêsrh-a.
that-NOM.sg that-NOM.sg every-time-EPEN-ADV table-ACC.sg set.SUBJ
spoon-ACC.pl forget-IND

 6. slight (light, free, facile; trifling, superficial; frivolous,
careless.) = lêlhis < lêlha (lighten; dismount, alight)

Whenever her son has a slight cough, she takes him to the doctor.
ii-n-us, lêlho cüââs-os n-úsïo sûûn-ûsï-' o ês-o, jééxmhidââg-um o n-
um-ë þlêêj-a.
FEM.PRFX-that-NOM.sg slight cough-NOM.sg that-GEN.sg son-GEN.sg-ELIS
to doctor-ACC.sg to that-ACC.sg-EPEN convey-IND

 7. upstairs = ánpedíjvi < ána (up) + pedîjos (stairs, steps,
staircase) + -vi (adverbial ending) NEW WORD

When we play hide-and-seek, sometimes I like to hide upstairs.
m-us, mh-úes laað-lêêd-om lêêd-i, sémum án-pedíj-vi lââð-u pîîrh-a.
I-OM.sg we-NOM.pl hide-game-ACC.sg play-REL sometimes up-stairs-ADV
hide-SUP like-IND

laaðlêêdom is based on the German Versteckspiel.

 8. reduce ( 1) t.v. subtract, deduct; depreciate. 2) i.v. abate,
decrease, diminish, subtract, subside, die down, go down [of
prices], lose weight, decline, fall off, recede, let up.) = âlpa

He needs to reduce the number of cigarettes he smokes.
n-us, n-us n-on-ë smûx-i, rhéþ-ë-smûûx-muul-c-ôm pûl-om âlp-u îîjh-a.
that-NOM.sg that-NOM.sg that-ACC.pl-EPEN smoke-REL roll-EPEN-smoke-
plant-DIM-GEN.pl amount-ACC.sg reduce-SUP need-IND

 9. care (concern-, occupy-, -o.s. (with, épa) = sêpa

No one cares about him.
nécü-us n-úsïo épa sêp-a.
no.one-NOM.sg that-GEN.sg about care-IND

10. imagination = lâtsüas < lâtsüa ( 1) t.v. mask, disguise,
pretend, feign, simulate, make out. 2) i.v. mask, pretend, feign,
make believe, imagine)

 I never had the imagination you have.
n-as t-úsï-' o ês-i, lâtsü-as m-úsï-' o nécüum ês-a.
that-NOM.sg you-GEN.sg-ELIS to be-REL imagination I-GEN.sg-ELIS to
never be-IND

(score)card, n. = rhémbëjheerhsôlmhïos < rhêmba (tally) + jhêêrhsa
(stiffen) + ôlmhïos (paper).
a record of scores (as in golf)

detonate ( 1) t.v. burst, explode, blow-, -out, -up. 2) i.v. burst,
explode, blow out, go off.), v. = nêva.
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical
reaction