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Re: Weekly Vocab 16

From:Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...>
Date:Friday, August 1, 2003, 6:31
 --- Christopher Wright ha tera esa a:

> 1. to stand
yokiya
> I am standing in the [place where ruling body meets; palace entry].
uti yokiya kata eriha a I stand in court STATEMENT
> 2. only
meru
> I feel like I'm only an ant,
uti keoke uti meru tu saniki I feel-like I only be ant
> staring up at the murals in awe.
one uti koimukaimo hira ma isarakomenoi one seome a with I stare up to murals with awe STATEMENT
> 3. banana
nerokamisa (Lit. "wrap-fruit"; neroka = wrap, misa = fruit. The reference is to the peel wrapping the banana.)
> I've got a hankering for a banana right now.
uti noku takiku nerokamisa sau a I much want banana now STATEMENT
> > 4. excitement
nasai
> That first bite sends jolts of excitement through my bones.
eka keakea tokata rokiya imikoki ro nasai ira rika inoone ro uti a that first bite makes stabs of excitement go through bones of me STATEMENT
> 5. blue
oee
> Blue four-sided triangles dance through my head.
oee itekakorena one sima ikorena kerasia rika seseyo ro uti a Blue triangles* with four sides dance through head of me STATEMENT. *[Lit. "threesides": teka = three, korena = side, i- = plural]
> 6. juice
takaku (takaku actually means "liquid food without pieces", and includes drinks (but probably not plain water).)
> That juice must have been past its prime.
eka takaku asari ka ha tu meroso a. that takaku presumably not PAST be good a.
> 7. better > No matter; it's better this way.
Skipping.
> 8. distant
nere = distant, far
> My hands are distant; the sky is close.
huuta ro uti tu nere a orami tu haye a hands of me be far STATEMENT sky be near STATEMENT
> 9. unconscious
meta roesi "without thought/thinking"
> I shall soon be unconscious.
kata haye ekaiti uti moma tu meta roesi a. In near time I will be without thinking STATEMENT
> 10. rough
sekasika
> I fall to the floor,
uti komuto kama ma meyosi I fall down to floor
> my face scraping on the rough carpet.
one horeno ro uti sehoku sekasika meyosiaka a with face of me scrape rough carpet STATEMENT ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca