> 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