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Re: Weekly Vocab Fifteenish

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 30, 2003, 0:39
Emz'e kurir ai 16-k'em yarjuk.

Mair yarjukom orpadad: 2602 orpe
Sonra yarjukom orpadad: 2611 orpe

Rès jajeelep Christopher Wright:

>1. cream
luun
>Cats enjoy eating cream.
Basi luun tafak kuniz. cats cream(-ACC) eat-INF(ACC) enjoy-3PL
>2. thin
flak
>This cat is thin, so he must not have eaten much of anything, much less
cream. Toya bas flak, rhu zerem du dirkuir dag' tafais' mu anc'e, luun osonie. this cat thin, so certain THAT anything-GEN much eat-3SG:PAST NEG exist- 3SG , cream(-ACC) especially [1]
>3. to promise
abes'nak vorc kudak vörak
>I promise to care for the cat from now until Ragarnok [Norse mythology:
end of the world]. Kra luda nar vös'a konzu bas fkas'mirma abes'nam. from now-GEN to world-GEN end-DAT cat(-ACC) look-after-1SG:FUT promise-1SG
>4. to interrupt
unhagak (hag "middle")
>Ragarnok interrupted my oath.
Yai vorc unhagais' ai Noon Brom. my oath(-ACC) interrupt-3SG:PAST SUBJ Big Mountain [2]
>5. lightning
lumosmak (guess)
>Lightning flashes brightly, not waiting for the previous bolt to stop
before the next one crashes down Lumosmak akrisie stize, yelec' klivika tomut mu beklidve cugyun zrite. lightning bright-ADV flash-3SG , previous bolt-GEN stop(n)(-ACC) NEG wait- GER next crash-3SG
>6. unison
zadnem (adv)
>Thunder sounds in unison with the lightning.
Gves'o so lumosmakom zadnem mrota. thunder with lightning-INST together rumble-3SG
>7. shelter
wolk
>There is no shelter from the terrible storms and earthquakes.
G'olec' s'kidir ki zembevutir dlepom wolka mu anc'e. terrible storms-GEN and earthquakes-GEN away-ADV shelter-GEN NEG exist-3SG
>8. ancient
nagyelec'
>Ancient buildings are ruined by the floods and warring deities.
Inunduti ki börer dunc'i nagyelec' riikin hakuiz. floods and fight-PRP gods ancient buildings-ACC ruin-3PL
>9. protest
agik'tek v. agik'tud n.
>Environmentalists lodge a protest with the gods regarding the destruction
of the planet. Dunc'it ora sayara hakuom agik'tiz ai sairomodafnoki. gods-DAT about planet-GEN destruction-INST protest-3PL SUBJ environmentalists
>10. spite
copra
>In spite, Loki and Thor rip the world to tiny pieces.
Copram (Loki ki Thor) nak itro fragmit vös' omrojeskiz. [3] spite-INST (Loki and Thor) until tiny pieces-DAT world(-ACC) completely-rip- 3PL
>11. to regenerate
zaig'aduek (sense of "build again") zaiprozmocak (sense of "grow again")
>Odin, responding to the environmentalists' pleas, regenerates the universe.
Sairomodafnokir jahtutit byantadve (Odin) kusmun zaig'aduis'. [3] environmentalists-GEN pleas-DAT respond-GER (Odin) universe-ACC regenerate- 3SG M [1] "certain that there is not that he ate ..." Long live idiomatic constructions. [2] |Oulo-Nájas| in Omurax. The Omurax believed there used to be a mountain with its base in Hell and its summit touching the polar star. It was (allegedly) sunk below the earth thousands of years ago. The name simply means "Big Mountain"; its "real" name is forgotten since the Omurax refused to speak it or write it down. The destruction of the world is supposed to involve Big Mountain rising once again up from Hell. In the year SZ 863, nobody believes a word of this. [3] Haven't put enough time into fleshing out the ancient religions of that world. I'd love to have appropriate gods with which to replace Loki, Thor and Odin, but I don't yet.