Re: Weekly Vocab 8, Minyeva (1-5)

Garrett Jones wrote:
>
> > 3. fever
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> pige = to have a fever
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> what can i say, i'm fond of verbs over phrases :~)
>
> pige       va.
> have.fever he.
> > He has a fever.
> >
Since I had to create this word in Kash, I debated whether to have an
adj/verb "be feverish", and did indeed create fasak (var. < fasan 'hot'),
most likely the medical term.  So you could have yafasak 'he is feverish',
apasak/ni 'his/her/the fever' etc. But most people would use the more
graphic compound falapasak (< falaka-fasak) 'hot/feverish head'

Note also Indonesian:  demam 'fever; to have a...' with some unusual
compounds-- demam2 puyuh 'pretend to be ill' (puyuh means 'quail (bird)')