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Re: Weekly Vocab 12

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Thursday, June 19, 2003, 22:27
Rhean version

Mair yarjukom orpadad: 2578 orpe
Sonra yarjukom orpadad: 2582 orpe

>1. to record
vrita-sacek (vrita - n.)
>The priests record a separate history.
Ofte ucos'ni kronorad vrita-saciz. priests seperate* history(-ACC) record-v-3PL *seperate from what?
>2. archive
vritadröz
>Their temples are vast archives.
Cerkvi tok'uta vritadrözi c'ez. temples vast archives be:3PL
>3. scribe
ekirnok ("writer", no word for a professional "scribe")
>They employ many scribes.
Pugri ekirnokin kyuriz. many scribes-ACC employ-3PL
>4. ink
sminta
>The ink has lead in it.
I smintam rasis anc'e. in ink-INST lead exist:3SG
>5. insane
malic'
>The scribes tend to go insane after a few years.
Sonra kos'i z'ulim ekirnoki malic'u neliz k'anat c'e. after few years-INST scribes insane-DAT become-3PL tendency be:3SG
>6. to replace
ac'tuak, sustuak, üstor-sacek
>The priests manage to replace the crazy scribes.
Malic' ekirnokit ac'tuak ofte unteg'az. insane scribes-DAT replace-INF priests "manage"-3PL
>7. to pay
platvak
>They must pay them a lot of money.
Zerem du dag' denk tiant platvaz. certain THAT much money(-ACC) them:DAT pay-3PL
>8. rich
bagot
>The church is quite rich.
Yeemadad anbagot c'e. church* very-rich be:3SG *an outdated term, as there is no longer an establishment which can be called "The Church" in Rhea. If we mean that just this one temple is quite rich, then |Cerkva ...|, but rich temples are few in the modern era.
>9. to write
ekirak
>I write neatly.
Oicem ekiram.
>10. job
kitrud, propso, ravo
>Perhaps I could get a job as a scribe.
C'ekre du ekirnoka propsot kyuribza c'öm. parhaps THAT scribe-GEN job-DAT hire-PASS be:1SG:HYP M