Henrik Theiling/Aidan Grey wrote:
> Last posted: April 5th, 2002
Hmmm, yes, it rings a bell. I probably replied to it then, with vocab. gaps,
and the situation has not improved, i.e. the flora/fauna of Cindu are not
much further developed. But anyway, to keep in practice....
>
> > Vocab:
> >
> > 1. forest...añange, nominaliz. < ange 'tree'
> > 2. mushroom (edible)...how about _fungi_ ['fuNgi]
> > 3. to look for something...minja
> > 4. To find something after searching for it...tromat
> > 5. base, bottom...vaka 'bottom'; om 'base, basis'
> > 6. moss...how about _lihen_ ['lixEn]
> > 7. basket, bag...inar 'basket'; epilan 'any small purse/bag'
> > 8. pine needles, leaves of a conifer...see below
> > 9. each...pipinal < pinal 'to count'--numbers and time-words can be
> > reduplicated for the sense of "every..."
> > 10. always...yunda
> >
> > Sentences (1 per word, for now):
> >
> > 1. The forest is in that direction. (or "over there", said while
> > pointing to it)
añange (yale) riyan [near] // riyun [far]
> > 2. I like mushrooms very much!
niya-niya malisam fungiç
very-emph. I-like fungi+plur.
> > 3. I often go searching for mushrooms in the forest.
nunu macosa (ma)minja fungiç ri añange
often I-go (I-)search .. LOC forest
> > 4. She kept the mushroom that I tripped over.
yaraput fungi re me cakapris ombini
3s-keep .... REL me/dat accid/trip because.of/it
> > 5. At the base of which tree did you find that mushroom?
lani angeni (yale) re hatromatka fungi yu ri vakani?
which tree-its/the it.it REL you-find-Q ... that LOC base/under-it
> > 6. There is no moss on the base of that tree.
ta yale lihen ri vaka angeyi yu
not it.is ... LOC base tree-gen. that
in this case the base is actually a part of the tree, hence the need for
genitive case.
> > 7. Put the mushroom in the basket.
hakukka fungi ri inare OR ...ri ondeyeni inar
put-IMP ... basket-dat. LOC inside-dat-of it basket
> > 8. These baskets, the handles of which are made of pine needles, are
> > useful.
inaraç taç, re acuñaçni mepu valita nayaci, [topic] ipowumit
basket-pl this-pl. REL ***-pl.-their made (of) seagrass some.sort.of,
3pl-POTENTIAL-use
***"grasp" (n.), aN- nominal < çuña 'grasp'
> > 9. That is the woman to whom I give each of the mushrooms.
iye kaçuma re ne mavele fungiç piipinalni
that-Fem (is) woman REL 3s/dat I-give ... each-of.it/them
> > 10. I always go looking for mushrooms is the forest through which we
> > walked today.
yunda macosa (ma)minja fungiç ri añange yu re letrayu miharakaran riyan
always I-go (I)search ... LOC forest that REL today we-walk.around
there (haran 'to walk')
> - elucidation, n.
> an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on
_añakram_ nominal. < akram '(be) clear'; note that it's the first element in
_añakrangota_ 'dictionary' (+kota 'word')
>
> - snap at, v.
> bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from
> the
> intruder's pants"
I think _cakici_ '1. to bite accidentally (e.g. one's cheek or tongue); 2.
to get bitten by an animal'
Accidental prefix caka- + hici 'bite'