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Re: Weekly Vocab 12

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 18, 2003, 14:52
> 1. to record -- uri 'to write' (for now) > The priests record a separate history.
temandrila iyuri amavangi re hokoca priest-pl 3pl/write history REL separate
> > 2. archive yundraput 'storehouse' > Their temples are vast archives.
areyalaçni iyale yundraputuç raka temple-pl-their they-are ..... big
> > 3. scribe-- kañuri agt.noun < uri > They employ many scribes.
iyumit pando kañurile they-use many ...pl-dat.
> > 4. ink-- susuri > The ink has lead in it.
susurini yaworun kerekoram ...-def. it-contains lead (=metal-dead)
> > 5. insane --hañukonga (mind/soul - lost); as colloq. verb, hangoko, irreg.
çangoko 'go/become crazy'
> The scribes tend to go insane after a few years.
kañurila nunu içangoko kandiñ anika pehan scribe-pl often .... after several year
> > 6. to replace-- rucunu, caus. of çunu 'different' > The priests manage to replace the crazy scribes.
temandrila ipopole rucunu kañurilan koko priest-pl. they-manage replace scribe-pl-acc crazy (popole < pole 'be able')
> > 7. to pay-- hanga > They must pay them a lot of money.
nile cayi ihanga pando toye 3pl/dat must 3pl/pay much money
> > 8. rich-- pendoye (lit. having-money, an old prefix) > The church is quite rich.
añareyal ukat yapendoye "church" quite 3s/rich (añareyal-- a collective n., < 'temple')
> > 9. to write-- uri > I write neatly.
yawuhan urimi [ja'uxan ur'imi] it-clean/neat write-my
> > 10. job-- ambepu < noml. < mepu 'work, do' > Perhaps I could get a job as a scribe.
kuna mapole ambepu kañuri maybe I-able job scribe ("maybe I could do scribe-work")
> > ~Wright